She’s played mine host at the Star Hotel for almost 15 years – but soon it could be last orders for Suzie Thorpe in Twynholm.
The popular Cumbrian has steered the hostelry through the travails of lockdown and, she tells me, trade has never been better.
But now Suzie, 49, who splits her time between the hotel and her home in Dunscore, is ready to move on.