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Ten people from London who travelled 245 miles to go walking in North Wales were sent home and reported by police for breaking lockdown rules.
The group, travelling in two separate vehicles, had travelled the five-hour journey from the capital earlier on Sunday.
But 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 from North Wales Police, who tweeted brief details of the incident, reported them for breaching lockdown laws.
One month since UK lockdown – in pictures
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The M5 motorway, looking south towards Devon
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A nearly-deserted Reuters Square in Canary Wharf
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A popular riverside walk alongside the Thames near London’s Tower Bridge is almost empty
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The concourse of London’s Waterloo station is almost devoid of travellers
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Empty streets and pavements surround Little Ben, a cast iron miniature clock tower, situated at the intersection of Vauxhall Bridge Road and Victoria Street
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Horse Guards Parade in London is empty as tourists stay away
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Liverpool waterfront is practically deserted
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Empty streets in Newcastle upon Tyne
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An empty shopping arcade at Windsor Station
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King’s Parade, with King’s College (left) and the Senate House (distance) in Cambridge
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A view of a near-deserted Waterlooville town centre in Hampshire
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The M5 motorway, looking south towards Devon
PA
2/11
A nearly-deserted Reuters Square in Canary Wharf
PA
3/11
A popular riverside walk alongside the Thames near London’s Tower Bridge is almost empty
PA
4/11
The concourse of London’s Waterloo station is almost devoid of travellers
PA
5/11
Empty streets and pavements surround Little Ben, a cast iron miniature clock tower, situated at the intersection of Vauxhall Bridge Road and Victoria Street
PA
6/11
Horse Guards Parade in London is empty as tourists stay away
PA
7/11
Liverpool waterfront is practically deserted
PA
8/11
Empty streets in Newcastle upon Tyne
PA
9/11
An empty shopping arcade at Windsor Station
PA
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King’s Parade, with King’s College (left) and the Senate House (distance) in Cambridge
PA
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A view of a near-deserted Waterlooville town centre in Hampshire
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They were then ordered to go home immediately, police escorting their cars to the A-road back to the south to begin the 10-hour round-trip home.
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.
