Police stop 10 Londoners on their way to go walking in Snowdonia

They were then ordered to go home immediately.

Police have sent home a group who travelled 245 miles to go walking in North Wales. 

In total ten people, in two separate vehicles, had driven five hours from London earlier today.

They were stopped by police near their destination on the A5 in Bethesda.

They told officers they were intending to go walking in Snowdonia, the mountainous National Park in North Wales.

Instead, officers reported them for breaching coronavirus lockdown laws.

They were then ordered to go home immediately, police escorting their cars to the A-road back to the south to begin the ten-hour round-trip home.

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North Wales Police tweeted: ‘A group of 10 stopped in 2 vehicles on A5 #Bethesda earlier, having travelled from London with the intent of going for a walk in Snowdonia. 

‘Told to return home immediately and escorted back to the A55 by @NWPRPU. Reported for breaching #COVID19 legislation.’

A group of 10 stopped in 2 vehicles on A5 #Bethesda earlier, having travelled from London with the intent of going for a walk in Snowdonia.

Told to return home immediately and escorted back to the A55 by @NWPRPU. Reported for breaching #COVID19 legislation.#StayHome pic.twitter.com/32Byl6fzzX

— North Wales Police #StayHomeSaveLives (@NWPolice) April 26, 2020

In a second incident dealt with by police, staff from a hotel challenged a man from Cumbria seen returning to his car after he had walked up Mount Snowdon.

He was abusive when challenged, claiming the regulations did not apply to him.

A joint Cheshire and North Wales armed police unit traced his car and stopped him on the A55 where he was reported for also breaching the lockdown regulations.

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