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| Drunk Squirrel |
Mr Boulter and two customers spent an hour trying to capture the rodent as he scampered around, but he was finally cornered after making a dash for the men's toilets.
He said: 'When I opened the door it was absolutely ransacked. At first I thought we'd been burgled but I realised it was all still locked up and that's when we saw the squirrel.
'I'd never seen anything like it before - he had ran around the shelves and across the bar.
'There were bottles scattered around, money scattered around and he had obviously run across the bar's pumps and managed to turn on the Caffrey's tap.
'He must have flung himself on the handle and drank some as he was staggering around all over the place and moving a bit slowly.
'I've never seen a drunk squirrel before. He looked a bit worse for wear.'
He caught it inside a waster paper bin and threw the animal out the toilet window, after it caused around £300 worth of damage but Mr Boulter put it down to a 'once in a lifetime thing'.
The club - which has a sign stating no dogs or other pets - has now been cleaned up and Mr Boulter joked the squirrel has since been barred from the premises.
Mr Boulter, who has been branch secretary at the club for 12 years, added: 'I did see a squirrel in the club on Saturday morning.
'I chased him through the bar, he jumped over the counter and I thought he'd gone through the door but obviously he was still in there.
'He was a bit slow moving when we found him on Sunday evening so he must have drank a lot of the beer.
'He is the rowdiest customer we have ever had but I hope he enjoyed his lock-in.'
He said: 'When I opened the door it was absolutely ransacked. At first I thought we'd been burgled but I realised it was all still locked up and that's when we saw the squirrel.
'I'd never seen anything like it before - he had ran around the shelves and across the bar.
'There were bottles scattered around, money scattered around and he had obviously run across the bar's pumps and managed to turn on the Caffrey's tap.
'He must have flung himself on the handle and drank some as he was staggering around all over the place and moving a bit slowly.
'I've never seen a drunk squirrel before. He looked a bit worse for wear.'
He caught it inside a waster paper bin and threw the animal out the toilet window, after it caused around £300 worth of damage but Mr Boulter put it down to a 'once in a lifetime thing'.
The club - which has a sign stating no dogs or other pets - has now been cleaned up and Mr Boulter joked the squirrel has since been barred from the premises.
Mr Boulter, who has been branch secretary at the club for 12 years, added: 'I did see a squirrel in the club on Saturday morning.
'I chased him through the bar, he jumped over the counter and I thought he'd gone through the door but obviously he was still in there.
'He was a bit slow moving when we found him on Sunday evening so he must have drank a lot of the beer.
'He is the rowdiest customer we have ever had but I hope he enjoyed his lock-in.'
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