The Covidiots keep coming
A WOMAN travelled more than 100 miles to Snowdonia with her children to “relieve the boredom”.
North Wales Police officers stopped the woman in the Ogwen Valley area after she had travelled with her children from Manchester, despite coronavirus restrictions being in place.
The incident was revealed by police as they outlined a number of issues of people breaching restrictions in just 24 hours in Gwynedd.
They also included a Merseyside man who travelled to Snowdonia because he “didn’t care” about the social distancing measures currently in place due to the outbreak.
In a statement, police said: “We’ve had some interesting conversations in the last 24 hours.
“The first was with a lady from Manchester, who had travelled to the Ogwen Valley with her children to ‘relieve the boredom’.
“Next, a man from Liverpool told a park ranger in Snowdonia he didn’t care about the restrictions and was going for a walk in the national park. We caught up with him in Bodelwyddan.”
The force said that a number of other incidents where locals had breached guidelines were dealt with.
The spokesman said: “A Bangor man has been spoken to today, for making several non essential travel journeys in the same day. We’ve also stopped a taxi who unwittingly had two passengers who live at different addresses.They had decided they were missing each other too much and would break the restrictions to be together.
“All five individuals have been reported for Covid related offences.
“The ‘lockdown’ isn’t easy, but it exists to protect everybody – the restrictions apply to everyone.”
Inspector Jon Aspinall said: “Officers continue to monitor those coming into, and moving around the community.
“Today we have stopped a number of vehicles and have had to prosecute a number of individuals as highlighted, who have been in breach of the COVID restrictions. This is necessary to protect our local community and key workers and will continue until the restrictions are lifted.”
As part of the restrictions, people can only leave their homes for specific reasons such as working if you cannot work from home, exercise and shopping.