A group of 10 people were stopped in two vehicles on the A5 near Bethesda today, Sunday 26 April, having travelled from London with the intent of going for a walk in the Snowdonia area.
The group were told to return home immediately and were escorted back to the A55 by Road Policing Officers and reported for breaching the COVID19 legislation.
The new laws were introduced to protect public health and state you should only leave the house for one of four reasons:
- shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible.
- daily exercise, for example a run, walk, or cycle – alone or with members of your household. any medical need, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person.
- travelling to and from work, but only where you cannot work from home.
Also this morning a member of staff from the Pen y Pass Hotel, challenged a man who was seen returning to his car that was parked in the hotel car park after he had walked up Snowdon.
The man had travelled from Cumbria and had arrived there at around 6am today. He was abusive to the informant when challenged and clearly thought the regulations did not apply to him.
Police were called and he was stopped on the eastbound carriageway of the A55 by the armed response team who reported him for breaching the legislation.
A statement from North Wales Police said: “We despair – we really do…
Please, please, please Stay Home.
“The coronavirus is affecting every part of the UK, nowhere is immune to it. Now is not the time to come to the national park for a walk. The beautiful mountains will still be here and we will gladly welcome you all back once this is all over.”
