Seven people have been trapped inside a pub for nine days after the building was engulfed by 16ft snow drifts.

The five staff and two local residents have enjoyed the ultimate lock-in at The Lion Inn in Blakey Ridge, Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire.

They have been cut off since last Friday when heavy snow blocked the windows and doors of the isolated Lion – the fourth-highest pub in England – and made surrounding roads too treacherous for any vehicles to pass.

Enlarge Snowed inn: The Lion Inn pub in Blakey Ridge, North Yorkshire, where seven people have been trapped for eight days

The snow was so deep that vehicles in the car park were completely buried.

But despite their ordeal, the spirits of those trapped have remained high. They have kept themselves busy – eating, drinking and playing games – in a huge bar that normally serves 150 customers a night.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1335602/UK-snow-Seven-trapped-Yorkshire-pub-days-Big-Freeze-set-week.html#ixzz17CxLhLFt

Smacks of a hideout for snowman thieves to me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

How long can you survive on pork scratchings and beer alone?

How long can you survive on pork scratchings and beer alone?

Did it for six months once.

But there wasn't any snow around.

I do try but my marathon attempts get cut short by irritating little annoyances, like work!

Another old story.

When I was doing National Service I served in an air-sea rescue helicopter squadron. The main base was at Thornaby, near Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesborough.

In the winter we used to feed a lot of outlying farms and villages on the Yorkshire Moors - sometimes there were no landscape features identifiable - so we'd go to a cross-roads, hover while I jumped out and cleaned off the signpost to see where we should go.

Also fed lighthouses and other remote people.

Helicopter would have solved this problem, too, surely?

'...and made surrounding roads too treacherous for any vehicles to pass.' However, I see that an intrepid cameraman managed to get through to the pub - and then back to his office - in order to bring the rest of the world a nice snap of the premises in question. Didn't he take a shovel?

'...and made surrounding roads too treacherous for any vehicles to pass.' However, I see that an intrepid cameraman managed to get through to the pub - and then back to his office - in order to bring the rest of the world a nice snap of the premises in question. Didn't he take a shovel?

Picky! Picky!!

This is Boater's favourite Daily Mail we're discussing.

Never lets facts get in the way of a good story.

'...and made surrounding roads too treacherous for any vehicles to pass.' However, I see that an intrepid cameraman managed to get through to the pub - and then back to his office - in order to bring the rest of the world a nice snap of the premises in question. Didn't he take a shovel?

Picky! Picky!!

This is Boater's favourite Daily Mail we're discussing.

Never lets facts get in the way of a good story.

+ 1 greeny for you :jap:

'...and made surrounding roads too treacherous for any vehicles to pass.' However, I see that an intrepid cameraman managed to get through to the pub - and then back to his office - in order to bring the rest of the world a nice snap of the premises in question. Didn't he take a shovel?

Picky! Picky!!

This is Boater's favourite Daily Mail we're discussing.

Never lets facts get in the way of a good story.

+ 1 greeny for you :jap:

Matches my teeth.

(and my feet )

+ 1 greeny for you :jap:

Matches my teeth.

(and my feet )

If your feet were green and gangrenous in summer....would your toes simply freeze turn black and snap off come a wintry cold snap?

By the way I'm tolerating people picking there noses all over the forum still if anyone offers me one of these things there will be bither I tell ya.

Must confess however...much as I enjoy the comforts of a pub.....nine days is a bit too much for me. Half the fun is the anticipation.....and I'd hate to be sharing a toothbrush......!

Got a pic of the barmaids so we can decide if a lock in is worth the hike Boater?

yes, it certainly seems as if these drunk bludgers wern't trying too hard to get out.

they were obviously the dregs of society, pardon the pun.

The Daily Mail couldn't get the full names of ther two 'local residents'.

All they could understand was that the first names were 'Shane' and 'Bruce' and that their accents were a strange dialect previously unknown in North Yorkshire.

'...and made surrounding roads too treacherous for any vehicles to pass.' However, I see that an intrepid cameraman managed to get through to the pub - and then back to his office - in order to bring the rest of the world a nice snap of the premises in question. Didn't he take a shovel?

Picky! Picky!!

This is Boater's favourite Daily Mail we're discussing.

Never lets facts get in the way of a good story.

True. I dare say that if the photographer did try to dig those guys out, he'd have had a shotgun pointed at him and be told to p!ss off.

The Daily Mail couldn't get the full names of ther two 'local residents'.

All they could understand was that the first names were 'Shane' and 'Bruce' and that their accents were a strange dialect previously unknown in North Yorkshire.

They would have climbed Snowdon to escape after watching the first day's play.

But despite their ordeal, the spirits of those trapped have remained high. They have kept themselves busy – eating, drinking and playing games – in a huge bar that normally serves 150 customers a night.

I would have thought that the 148 other stalwart customers who were missing out on this festival of high spirits could have organised a relief mission.

Maybe they did and it wasn't the same two customers for the whole nine days.

The Daily Mail couldn't get the full names of ther two 'local residents'.

All they could understand was that the first names were 'Shane' and 'Bruce' and that their accents were a strange dialect previously unknown in North Yorkshire.

They would have climbed Snowdon to escape after watching the first day's play.

There's plenty of sheep on the North Yorkshire Moors.

I'd rather be stuck in a pub than on M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh in my car for 18 hours drinking the anti freeze.

Why don't they have winter tyres in the UK?

Why don't they have winter tyres in the UK?

In the UK we have snow for around 2-3 weeks every year. Drivers have almost zero experience of driving in icy conditions, so winter tyres and snow chains wouldn't help.

Also, we like to make a great big fuss about the weather (too hot, too cold, unseasonal, floods, drought, etc.) even though our climate is pretty moderate.

I'd rather be stuck in a pub than on M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh in my car for 18 hours drinking the anti freeze.

Between Glasgow and Edinburgh they drink worse things than anti freeze. (Buckfast tonic wine)