Budget supermarket Aldi employed a snowplough to deliver wine, sausages, board games and de-icer to those trapped in Britain’s highest pub.
Four guests and six staff remain at the Tan Hill Inn in the Yorkshire Dales on Thursday after being snowed in since Saturday, with around 20 customers having now left the boozer.
Whilst the pub-goers were initially left with “sore heads” from partying after four-foot-high snow drifts cut them off from the outside world, the atmosphere changed as some supplies dwindled, with one explaining: “We are fine, but we have run out of sausages.”
After hearing about the shortage of bangers, Aldi commandeered a local farmer’s snowplough to get ’emergency essential rations’ to the remote inn.
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The consignment included Malbec wine, sausages, de-icer, loo-paper, as well as board games and colouring books to stave off boredom. Dog treats were also sent for the poor pup stranded inside the pub.
A spokesperson for Aldi said: “When we saw the guests had run out of key supplies and faced further days trapped by the snow, our store team at Catterick sprang into action, commandeered a farmer’s snowplough and set off to deliver a care package”.
The Catterick branch of the supermarket chain borrowed a farmer’s snowplough
(Image: Lee McLean/Pinpep)
A total of 23 customers and six staff were originally stuck inside the pub, which is situated 528 metres (1,732 ft) above sea level near Richmond, North Yorkshire. During their lock-in, the pub-goers kept themselves entertained with snowball fights, movies, games and a disco – becoming “friends for life” along the way.
Pub manager Nicole Hayes said that the supermarket supplies would lift the spirits of her remaining snowed-in guests. She said: “Everybody needs a good pork sausage – and when we realised Aldi had come to the rescue, we were absolutely chuffed – it definitely livened up our lock in!”
Snowed in guest Angus Leslie, who previously worked as a chef at the pub, added: “Thanks to Aldi we can now stay for longer. Bring on the snow!” And landlord Andrew Hields, said “Cheers Aldi for sorting us with our sausages and wine…our knights in shining snowplough”.
The supplies arrive in the nick of time after the pub ran out of sausages
(Image: Lee McLean/Pinpep)
On a Facebook post, the pub said: “The mercy mission was driven by Harry, a farmer from Leyburn in Wensleydale, who said it was ‘touch and go’ but smashed his way through the last miles to us.
“Despite snowploughs escorting most guests from the Tan Hill Inn to safety yesterday, ten of us, including two German guests, remain stranded as high winds and drifting snow swiftly closed the road to Reeth behind the convoy.”
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