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No one really wants to get stuck inside for days on end thanks to a snowstorm, but a bar is probably one of the best places you can end up if you find yourself dealing with that situation. That’s the scenario dozens of people at what is marketed as “Britain’s highest pub” ended up dealing with for the past few days, and it’s safe to say they took full advantage.
The average tourist isn’t going to stumble across The Tan Hill Inn during a visit to the United Kingdom, but the pub still manages to attract plenty of visitors thanks in no small part to the 1,732-foot elevation that earned it a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records thanks to its distinction as the highest drinking establishment in the country.
The Tan Hill Inn is located in a fairly remote part of the county of North Yorkshire that’s no stranger to winter weather, and there have been multiple instances where patrons found themselves stuck inside a building that was constructed in the 1600s due to a storm that prevented them from leaving the grounds; there was a snow-in that lasted three days in 2009 and another that transpired over the course of a weekend in 2021.
On January 4th, the pub was in the direct path of another snowstorm that swept through the area and continued to rage while dumping multiple inches across the region, and it announced it was closing to the public on Sunday afternoon shortly after sharing a video of the scene outside.
According to The Mirror, the 23 people at the pub at the time (as well as the six employees working) were subsequently unable to leave and found themselves largely cooped up inside due to the snow drifts and untraversable roads that made it impossible for them to go anywhere else.
However, they made the best out of the situation by helping themselves to the ample amount of food and beer at their disposal as well as dancing to stay warm with the help of the fireplaces and generator-powered heaters doing the bulk of the heavy lifting.
There was enough grub to last for a month and enough beer to keep thirsty drinkers satisfied for a couple of weeks, but the bar posted an update on Tuesday that implied most people had managed to head out after the roads leading up to the venue were cleared to bring the saga to an end after four days.