Dozens take refuge in pub amid heavy snowfall
Dr Loske said she abandoned her car on the A265 at about 17:00 GMT on Sunday, after the situation there became "very scary".
Many people had broken down, she said, while other cars were simply stuck and vehicles were "sliding everywhere". "It was quite extraordinary. Fifteen minutes of snow, that's all it took for us to get completely stuck," she added. She set off with about five families to find shelter, but the first pub they found eventually asked them to leave.She said: "Conditions were still really treacherous. Then we figured out the Bear Inn was taking in waifs and strays, and stranded people.": "It was a long night and quite scary but we made so many good friends and met so many lovely and kind people. We are safe and warm.
"It was absolutely amazing, log fires going, open arms, free food, free hot drinks, they put us all up.""Once we were full, we quite quickly realised that these people have got to go somewhere, they can't stay in their cars all night," she said.He said: "I got stuck on a hill just outside Burwash, got towed up the hill and dug out by the local vicar, who was a hero."Every room was full, people sleeping in the bar. Those people couldn't be any nicer.
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