It seems like heaven to me, but I imagine after being stuck in the same place for eight days would wear on you. In a situation eerily similar to the epic New Year’s Eve party, a couple from Darlington in the UK was stranded at a pub/bed and breakfast called The Lion Inn in Blakey Ridge, near Kirkbymoorside in North Yorkshire, for a staggering eight days after a massive 20-foot snow drift buried the pub, the aforementioned two guests, and five staff members. That’s a whole lot of snow, and that’s a long time to be stranded.
“We haven’t been getting ratty,” said chef Daniel Butterworth. “It’s been fun and we have had a laugh. We have been getting on with little jobs, having our tea, a drink, playing games and then going to bed. The bosses aren’t here, they are snowed out. We have wireless internet here and the television works so we have been fine.” Added the stir-crazed chef, “Hopefully, we will get some more customers in when the road opens again. I could do with some more company. We have had people phoning up asking to get trapped in, but it’s kind of boring now and I would like to go home.”
The roads were officially reopened on Saturday night after a plow went through and cleared the way. At that point, the couple went running for the nearest town. However, they weren’t stuck in entirely; during the day, the staff and couple got outside and went sledding on trays borrowed from the inn’s kitchen.
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