‘We Made So Many Good Friends’: Pub Gives Refuge to 40 People Stranded in ‘Scary’ Snowstorm

Bear Inn

The Bear Inn in East Sussex (Image via Google Street View)

A “biblical” snowstorm caused many stranded motorists to seek refuge at the Bear Inn in East Sussex, England, according to BBC.

About 40 people were provided shelter from the inn and pub and also received free food and drink from the inn’s landlady.

 

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However, it’s said that not all local pubs were so generous, and many of the stranded were actually turned away from a different pub and had to walk about two miles to the Bear Inn to seek refuge

Per BBC, one person described the evening as “biblical” and said said, “It was a long night and quite scary but we made so many good friends and met so many lovely and kind people.”

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