Readers have had their say after one of the UK’s most isolated pubs reopened its doors, 21 months after serving its last pint. Based on the small island of Piel and surrounded by seal colonies, the Ship Inn is said to have had a presence on the island for more than 300 years. On Saturday it will be serving local ales, spirits and a menu of pub favourites as a new team – the Ulverston-based Piel Island Pub Co – takes to the pumps. Kirsty Ridge, managing director of Cumbrian pub company, Lakeland Inns, is a director of the new business. Allan Calvert said: “Great to see this old Furness classic reopening. Ace place.”