The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge on fire

How weird - I was talking about the lion to my mrs last night saying I'd love to be able to get up there again soon - I was absolutely starving at the time which made me think about it as their portions are what I like to call "big lads servings"

Sounds like they're going to be ok which is great, lovely place to go, glad it isn't too serious.
 
brain_in_a_jar said:
How weird - I was talking about the lion to my mrs last night saying I'd love to be able to get up there again soon - I was absolutely starving at the time which made me think about it as their portions are what I like to call "big lads servings"

Sounds like they're going to be ok which is great, lovely place to go, glad it isn't too serious.
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Can you account for your wife's whereabouts for the last 12 hours 😁
 
delgrapos said:
Tell us Borobarmy!
Would love to hear what happened
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This is serious and genuine . My wife and I stayed over one night in one of the older rooms and only had a couple of beers ( honest ) with meal and retired to bed early .

During the night I woke up and was definitely awake . Stood at the end of the bed was a man who I could not make anything out above the waist , but I identified as wearing riding breaches ( I know bear with me ) . I screamed as thought we were getting robbed and jumped out of bed , my poor wife nearly had a heart attack . I turned on lights and scoured the room under bed etc and even scoured the corridor and stairs . Found nothing and returned to bed with wife laughing at me . Next day put it down to a different environment etc .

My wife back at work was asked by the girls how the weekend went . She told them it was first class and before she mentioned the ‘ sighting ‘ her friend Anne said she and her partner Dave were going to go . My missus resisted mentioning the sighting as Anne was a delicate soul .

Few weeks after they were all sat at work again and one of the girls asked Anne how it went for them . Anne said it was lovely but a funny thing happened through the night . Chuckling she said Dave woke up in the middle of the night and saw a man at the end of the bed but the funny thing was that it was a man in horse riding gear but curiously he could only see above the waist .

When asked Anne identified it as same room as us ( can’t remember the number now ) Apparently my wife went white .
 
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Borobarmy said:
This is serious and genuine . My wife and I stayed over one night in one of the older rooms and only had a couple of beers ( honest ) with meal and retired to bed early .

During the night I woke up and was definitely awake . Stood at the end of the bed was a man who I could not make anything out above the waist , but I identified as wearing riding breaches ( I know bear with me ) . I screamed as thought we were getting robbed and jumped out of bed , my poor wife nearly had a heart attack . I turned on lights and scoured the room under bed etc and even scoured the corridor and stairs . Found nothing and returned to bed with wife laughing at me . Next day put it down to a different environment etc .

My wife back at work was asked by the girls how the weekend went . She told them it was first class and before she mentioned the ‘ sighting ‘ her friend Anne said she and her partner Dave were going to go . My missus resisted mentioning the sighting as Anne was a delicate soul .

Few weeks after they were all sat at work again and one of the girls asked Anne how it went for them . Anne said it was lovely but a funny thing happened through the night . Chuckling she said Dave woke up in the middle of the night and saw a man at the end of the bed but the funny thing was that it was a man in horse riding gear but curiously he could only see above the waist .

When asked Anne identified it as same room as us ( can’t remember the number now ) Apparently my wife went white .
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Thanks for sharing mate, I know the building goes back centuries and have often wondered if there were any strange goings on 👍
 
Borobarmy said:
This is serious and genuine . My wife and I stayed over one night in one of the older rooms and only had a couple of beers ( honest ) with meal and retired to bed early .

During the night I woke up and was definitely awake . Stood at the end of the bed was a man who I could not make anything out above the waist , but I identified as wearing riding breaches ( I know bear with me ) . I screamed as thought we were getting robbed and jumped out of bed , my poor wife nearly had a heart attack . I turned on lights and scoured the room under bed etc and even scoured the corridor and stairs . Found nothing and returned to bed with wife laughing at me . Next day put it down to a different environment etc .

My wife back at work was asked by the girls how the weekend went . She told them it was first class and before she mentioned the ‘ sighting ‘ her friend Anne said she and her partner Dave were going to go . My missus resisted mentioning the sighting as Anne was a delicate soul .

Few weeks after they were all sat at work again and one of the girls asked Anne how it went for them . Anne said it was lovely but a funny thing happened through the night . Chuckling she said Dave woke up in the middle of the night and saw a man at the end of the bed but the funny thing was that it was a man in horse riding gear but curiously he could only see above the waist .

When asked Anne identified it as same room as us ( can’t remember the number now ) Apparently my wife went white .
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A ghost of two halves.
 
NYboro said:
Used to go there to watch Back Door play; I still have the album on the Blakey label.
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I think Tony Hicks was the drummer?
Had the pleasure of meeting him in Dr Browns around 15 years ago. He was sadly diagnosed with cancer shortly after and passed away. Really nice man and fantastic musician.
 
delgrapos said:
I think Tony Hicks was the drummer?
Had the pleasure of meeting him in Dr Browns around 15 years ago. He was sadly diagnosed with cancer shortly after and passed away. Really nice man and fantastic musician.
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Tony Hicks was the drummer, Ron Aspery also passed, but I think Colin Hodgkinson is still working. The sleeve of that album is a bit battered now, but it's signed by all three of them.
 
Good to see it's minor damage, and none to the pub. It's been in the same family for donkeys' years and is one of my favourites, going back nearly 40 years, to the days when I used to drive across the moor every weekend. Proper grub and proper portions!
 
HarryVegas said:
Good to see it's minor damage, and none to the pub. It's been in the same family for donkeys' years and is one of my favourites, going back nearly 40 years, to the days when I used to drive across the moor every weekend. Proper grub and proper portions!
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Theyre a Leeds family . I seem to remember an article where they sold up everything for a new start

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Barry and Diana Crossland came here from Leeds 26 years ago when they bought the pub, that is often still referred to by its location, rather than its actual name, as Blakey Inn. "I was a milkman at the time, but I wanted to buy a pub in the countryside. This came on the market but it was way above what we could afford and looked really run down from the outside. We weren't even going to come in and take a look, but the second we walked through the door we fell in love with it. It's such a magical place. It's easy to see why they fell in love with it - the low-beamed ceilings, the stone walls, soft lighting, real fires. It is everything that your vision of how a traditional, out-in-the-country pub should be - warm and welcoming. And yet Barry and Diana's first experience of taking over the pub from the previous owner was not quite what they had envisaged. "It was a bit of a shock", says Barry. "The person we bought it off went straight to Mexico the day it was signed over to us and, to the best of my knowledge, he's never been seen again. So we didn't have any formal handover as such."

The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge - press reviews

www.lionblakey.co.uk
 
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Borobarmy said:
This is serious and genuine . My wife and I stayed over one night in one of the older rooms and only had a couple of beers ( honest ) with meal and retired to bed early .

During the night I woke up and was definitely awake . Stood at the end of the bed was a man who I could not make anything out above the waist , but I identified as wearing riding breaches ( I know bear with me ) . I screamed as thought we were getting robbed and jumped out of bed , my poor wife nearly had a heart attack . I turned on lights and scoured the room under bed etc and even scoured the corridor and stairs . Found nothing and returned to bed with wife laughing at me . Next day put it down to a different environment etc .

My wife back at work was asked by the girls how the weekend went . She told them it was first class and before she mentioned the ‘ sighting ‘ her friend Anne said she and her partner Dave were going to go . My missus resisted mentioning the sighting as Anne was a delicate soul .

Few weeks after they were all sat at work again and one of the girls asked Anne how it went for them . Anne said it was lovely but a funny thing happened through the night . Chuckling she said Dave woke up in the middle of the night and saw a man at the end of the bed but the funny thing was that it was a man in horse riding gear but curiously he could only see above the waist .

When asked Anne identified it as same room as us ( can’t remember the number now ) Apparently my wife went white .
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So their spirits are short measures? Surprised it’s so popular.
 
Surprised how many rave reviews about the food there is. I would say it was below average couple years back when I went last
 
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