When the majority of the 33 people trapped by the weather were able to escape, not everyone wanted to leave
• ‘It makes you feel like a kid again’: snowed in at Britain’s highest pub
• Snowed in at Yorkshire’s Tan Hill Inn – in pictures
It was the moment they had been waiting four days for. A tractor appeared on the horizon, which signalled a possible final escape for the majority of the 33 people snowed in at the Tan Hill Inn, Britain’s highest pub.
Hugs were shared, phone numbers swapped. But in the end, there was not much time to say goodbye as those in 4x4s and those with snow chains on their tyres scrambled to leave in the wake of the snowplough, driven by the local farmer.
