today, East Riding Council trebled the number of staff clearing key pedestrian areas.
The council has also hired more than 20 farmers to clear routes into some villages which had been cut off in parts of Holderness and the Yorkshire Wolds.
The head of streetscene services for the council, said: "We have some exposed roads with seven feet of snow, hedge to hedge across the road
The Lion Inn at Blakey Ridge, near Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, was cut off since Friday of last week, as 20ft of snow drifted against the 16th Century pub and bed and breakfast.
A couple, from Darlington, were trapped along with five members of staff until a plough made its way over the North York Moors and the man and woman managed to follow it back to the next town of Castleton.
However, the five employees have remained on site and will wait for the road to officially reopen, possibly on Sunday lunchtime
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