Couple reporting from Tan Hill Inn

A couple from Fischbachau in northern England was trapped by the snowstorm for more than three days: in the “Tan Hill Inn” pub in North Yorkshire. The 23 guests quickly became famous through international reporting. After days of uncertainty, they were finally able to leave the pub.

Fischbachau/Richmond – The longed-for rescue came on Thursday (January 9th) with heavy equipment: Eva and Matthias Köhler from Fischbachau, who had been snowed in since Monday with other guests and the staff in a pub in England, were finally able to leave the “Tan Hill Inn”. Despite the snowstorm, the atmosphere there was initially great. The story of the guests who didn’t run out of beer or a good mood went around the world. “But in the end everyone was a little desperate because it was completely uncertain how long we would be stuck here,” says Eva Köhler (55). rosenheim24.de had already reported.

It wasn’t just the couple from Fischbachau who were relieved when the good news made the rounds in the pub around 8 a.m.: “They’re coming!” A tractor with a snow blower, followed by a snow plow and a truck with road salt had made their way through the snowdrifts in the convoy fought at 528 meters above sea level. “The drivers then stopped at the pub,” says Köhler. Then the men took a look at the Fischbachau family’s four-wheel-drive Audi and gave the green light: “You can drive.”

The snow plow driver first stops at the pub

In fact, thanks to the tiller, the descent was no longer a problem. Köhler explains that the machines were not sent earlier due to the pub’s isolated location. “The snow plows were all in use in the valley – we were simply the last priority.” A first wave, including the newspaper’s journalists The Guardianwas able to drive to the valley in a tight time window on Tuesday. The remaining guests had to hold out.

Some of them and the six employees had to be accompanied by the convoy on Thursday because they didn’t have winter tires. “It’s not as common there as it is here,” explains Köhler on the phone as she warms up with her husband in a café in Reeth, North Yorkshire. A day later than planned, they are now continuing their trip to England before taking the night ferry from Newcastle on the journey home to Fischbachau on Saturday evening.

Köhlers are not deterred: “Unique experience”

They’re basically famous there now, Köhler says with a laugh. According to the local newspaper also had RTL, Antenne Bayern and die FAZ requested from them. Friends, acquaintances and colleagues are excited and keeping their fingers crossed from home. Incidentally, the charcoal burners are not deterred by this type of holiday. “I would have preferred a normal vacation,” says the woman from Fischbachau. “But of course it was a unique experience.”