Blanketing snow left the famous inn inaccessible, and inescapable, as over 60 visitors were trapped for multiple days. (Facebook/The Tan Hill Inn)
"UK's highest pub" -- LOL. How many of you actually thought that meant above sea level?
Posted on 11/30/2021 7:30:54 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
Dozens of people got more than they bargained for when a trip to the highest pub in England turned into a multiday event. More than 60 people found themselves stranded at the Tan Hill Inn, a pub and inn located in a remote portion of Northern England, after Storm Arwen unleashed brutal blizzard conditions across the region.
The powerful storm unleashed destructive winds, dumped heavy snowfall and turned deadly across portions of the UK from Friday to Saturday. In the UK, the heaviest snow and some of the strongest winds from targeted the mountainous regions of Northern England in which the Tan Hill Inn is located. Famous for its distinction as England's highest pub, the Tan Hill Inn sits at an elevation of 1,732 feet.
A popular destination for travelers, the inn also attracted music lovers on Friday night as an Oasis tribute band, called Noasis, was set to perform. While many guests arrived for the performance, none were able to leave Friday night as Storm Arwen pounded the region. By the time the dozens of customers left the inn on Monday, after spending three nights trapped there, they had jokingly renamed the band “Snowasis.”
Snow from the storm made travel treacherous. In addition, high winds brought down power lines onto surrounding roads, making any exit routes impassible.
...peak wind gusts to 80-90 mph occurred...those stranded at the inn woke up Saturday morning to 3 feet of fresh snow, with snow nearing the base of first-floor windows.
Tan Hill Inn Manager Nicola Townsend said that everyone was in good spirits. Sixty-one people spent at least two nights at the inn, with many forced to stay put for at least three.
"People have been willing to share rooms. We've got people on sofas and on the floor." Townsend said.
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Blanketing snow left the famous inn inaccessible, and inescapable, as over 60 visitors were trapped for multiple days. (Facebook/The Tan Hill Inn)
"UK's highest pub" -- LOL. How many of you actually thought that meant above sea level?
I could think of worse places to be stranded in the snow. Sounds pretty fun to me!
I’ll bet people had a great time! Lots of singing, drinking, eating and carrying on.
Fortunately, the Berthoud Inn was preparing for the reopening of the Berthoud ski area the following weekend.
85 of us spent the night on the floor and they provided beer and burgers for whatever you could afford to put in the jar. (Some people shouldn't be offered free beer)
Meh. In Wisconsin, we call that event, ‘Tuesday.’ LOL!
We haven’t, physically, been snowed in since 1999 when we got 18” in 24 hours.
Now THAT was brutal!
But not as bad as 1976 when we had ICE. Oh, Gawd! I will take ‘feets and feets’ of snow over an ice storm, ANY day of the week!
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wisconsin/wi-horrific-winter-storms/
“Within a few years winter snowfall will become a very rare and exciting event”. “Children just aren’t going to know what snow is”
David Viner
Senior Research Scientist
Climatic Research Unit
University of East Anglia
AD 2000
That band Snow-asis, I mean No-asis, should write an acoustic ballad about those three chilly but cozy nights where everyone shared what they had.
Joe Bastardi had a twit feed showing the coming cold dome over the top of North America and said it matches up perfectly with what happened in late 1984 which led to the weather of January 1985.
I hope not. We had -15 in NC on Superbowl Sunday that year.
Same thing happened there in 2010.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tan-hill-inn-englands-highest-pub
looks like a normal winter day in Montana
See, that right there is why people from the Midwest don’t get why Atlanta gets “snowed in”.
First, even if we do get some real snow, there’s invariably ice under a thin layer of snow. And sometimes just the ice.
And second, the Midwest is generally pretty darn flat. Atlanta is not.
Add in a whole lot of people who simply have no clue how to drive on slick stuff, and it gets ugly fast when we do get “snow”.
It’s been mild the past couple winters here in North Idaho.
Tan Hill Inn Manager Nicola Townsend said that everyone was in good spirits.
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After being stuck in a pub for 2 or 3 days? I would bloody well hope so!
I went through the blizzard of 1977 in Indiana. You could have walked up to the roof of the bar on snow drifts.
I remember that wnter well, in WI I had a car battery freeze solid!
A nice snowstorm is peaceful if you are inside somewhere and have plenty of everything. I have been in a few storms where cars were stuck in the middle of the streets from impassable conditions. Early 90s happened a few times IIRC in Pittsburgh, when I lived in the City. My parents went to see my grandmother in the hospital and she yelled at them, asking why they were there, as even docs have trouble getting there. The roads were closed due to the storm.
Thats what happens when that GLOBAL WARMING dumps all that crap on you!
I was just a tad but I recall that the electric was out for six days in our area.
We slept in the living room because that was where the fire place was.
Stove was gas so no problem there.
Mom moved all the stuff from the freezer to the back porch.
This can’t be true.
Aren’t we to the point we never see snow again?
I thought that deadline was coming near.
Think I’m kidding?
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