Neil Hanson

The Inn at the Top

Tales of Life at the Highest Pub in Britain

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 26/09/2013

ISBN: 9781782431558

Subject: Non-Fiction

Binding: Paperback

Size: Other

Extent: 256 pages

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

The delightful tale of a young couple who in the late 1970s, on impulse, became the new landlords of the most remote, bleak and lonely pub - The Tan Hill Inn - located in the desolate landscape of the Yorkshire Dales.
Having seen an article in the newspaper about the pub's search for a new manager, they arrived just three weeks later as the new landlords of the The Tan Hill Inn. It is a wild, wind-swept place, set alone in a sea of peat bog and heather moorland that stretches unbroken as far as the eye can see. With only sheep and grouse for company, their closest neighbour was four miles away and the nearest town twelve. They had no experience of licensed trade or running a pub, no knowledge of farming and a complete inability to understand the dialect of the sheep farmers who were their local customers. Eager, well-meaning, but in over their heads, our two heroes embarked on a disaster-strewn career that somehow also turned into a lifelong love affair with the Dales.
The Inn at the Top is an entertaining ramble around the Inn, the breath-taking Dales countryside and a remarkable array of local characters, giving an insight into life in a very different different time and place.

Reviews:

A tribute to a way of life which is long gone and a celebration of the Dales

Yorkshire Post

Neil Hanson's anecdote-laden memoir is reminiscent of James Herriot

The Dalesman

One of the funniest, most entertaining and life-affirming books of the year... A warm and often hilarious account of tenacity and survival, The Inn at the Top is packed with true Yorkshire-style anecdotes, brushes with the law, late night lock-ins, adventures with colourful locals and weather stories to make your hair curl. Sit back and enjoy...

Lancashire Evening Post

Richly entertaining... a wonderful history lesson

Ilkley Gazette

Engaging and entertaining... warm memories to last a lifetime

Jeff Evans, Inside Beer

A warm, amusing and at times sad book... it's also beautifully written

Roger Protz, Protz on Beer

Happy holiday reading.. highly diverting

Mike Amos, The Northern Echo

One of the most funniest, most entertaining and life-affirming books of the year

Lancaster Guardian

A delightful Christmas present, especially for lovers of community pubs

The London Drinker Mag

Wonderfully readable and often very funny

Waterstones Bradford Blog

A heartwarming and hilarious tale

Darlington & Stockton Times

Sales points:

  • An amusing tale recounting the highs and lows of a young couple who impulsively bought one of the most remote inns in the Yorkshire Dales

  • Situated at 1732 feet above sea level, the historic Tan Hill Inn is the highest inn in the UK

  • A book that will delight those who love the 'Dales tales' of James Herriot and Gervase Phinn

  • 'Massively readable ...' Gervase Phinn

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