Staff finally leave ‘snowed in’ pub after being stranded for days
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Staff who had been stuck in a pub for days after being “snowed-in” were finally able to leave on Thursday. The Tan Hill Inn in Richmond, North Yorkshire, claims to be “Britain’s highest public house at 1,732 feet (528m) above sea level”, but for the best part of a week it was also the most difficult to leave.
Inclement weather meant 23 visitors and six staff were “snowed-in”, with the pub announcing on Sunday that weather warnings had forced them to serve “residents only”. A further Facebook post on January 6 read: “Hello from a wintry Tan Hill Inn where our 23 snowed-in visitors and six staff are tucking into a full English and wondering how long their enforced stay will last here at Britain’s highest pub.”.
Three days later staff were finally relieved of their duties as Elle Applegarth, 25, from Washington, Sunderland, arrived to clock in. Ms Applegarth, who works at the pub as a member of the bar staff, had managed to avoid the lock in narrowly. “I think a lot of them had cabin fever,” she told the PA news agency.
“It’s all fun at first but then the reality kicks in, you have to keep on going. “The thing is, the staff have to keep working once they’re here. “I got here about 12.30pm (on Thursday) – everyone was just ready to leave. (Someone) started crying, and I was like ‘has it been that bad?’ and she went ‘no, I’m just tired now!'”.
