A BREATH OF FRESH AIR (02/08/10)

We are staying at the Tan Hill Inn, the highest pub in Great Britain and obviously at this time of year attracting walkers and tourists. Have had a wander round and it’s just what the doctor ordered. So will hang around. I’ve just had a liquid lunch just the two…….Promise………My nose is sprouting twigs….And one for the road. Great!

No road, I'm parked up on the pub car park.

The view from Tan Hill……..It might look like nothing but nothing is sometimes all one needs.

The vista from the truck, absolutely magic. One could spend a few weeks waiting for good light and when the light comes this countryside will be enchanting.

  The camper and the Tan Hill Inn  one thousand seven hundred and thirty two feet above sea level. A different world to the one I left and only about ten miles away……….This country never ceases to amaze. Worried the truck a little, hauling itself up here.

Winter transport fresh from the Antarctic. A little poetic licence, not quite fresh.

I arrived and the Landlord introduced himself. Not quite right upstairs if you ask me but who am I to judge a fellow loony? No fee for camping but an honesty charity bottle…..Not daft here… it takes notes!….. Was thinking fifty pence. They open at 0730h for breakfast and beer. I’ll let you know what time they shut………I’ll ask them to write the time on my hand as I’m carried out. These beggars will probably inscribe on my forehead. so be prepared with a mirrow….. Sorry mirror………..Unaccustomed to the falling down water!

  Inside, a pretty normal boozer. Candles a little twee perhaps……Criticise if you dare…They’ll tear you into pieces… Verbally. Good banter.

   Not normal for towns but homely and the proprietors introduce themselves in a right and proper manner.

‘What’s tha called?------Posh truck……..I’m Richie, this is Ian and Sahara's oowt……Art drinking or a wasting mi time?

 

 

The Inn is very strange . Odd is what I need, serendipity will guide if you have the nerve to follow. Should you pass this way then don’t miss it. Sheep, dogs, hens and ducks are made equally welcome or if one is of a sensitive disposition, equally unwelcome. The service after the banter is fast superb and efficient.

Tomorrow it’s up with the lark. or possibly out of the pub with the lark for some practice on panoramas. Bet you can’t wait!!

All the best from another day in the life of the mentally unstable. Forgot………. Didn’t recount the tale of an early morning shop…………..It can wait.

Have a good week.