Intensive care consultant slams people packing car parks at Brecon Beacons

Intensive care consultant slams people packing car parks at Brecon Beacons beauty spot for breaking Tier 4 Covid lockdown rules Car parks for Pen y Fan, Brecon Beacon’s highest peak, were full on Monday The whole of Wales in Tier 4 – meaning travel is only for essential purposes Intensive care consultant Dr David Hepburn warned south … Read more

Welsh police fine English daytrippers driving to Brecon Beacons

English day trippers caught making non-essential trips over the Welsh border during lockdown have been fined, a police chief said today, as restrictions have sparked a surge in staycation bookings at campsites. Superintendent Clark Jones-John of Dyfed Powys Police said a number of cars heading to the Brecon Beacons, a popular camping destination, had been … Read more

Welsh police fine English day trippers driving to Brecon Beacons amid surge in campsite bookings

English day trippers caught making non-essential trips over the Welsh border during lockdown have been fined, a police chief said today, as restrictions have sparked a surge in staycation bookings at campsites. Superintendent Clark Jones-John of Dyfed Powys Police said a number of cars heading to the Brecon Beacons, a popular camping destination, had been … Read more

Amateur photographer plunges 100ft to death in Brecon Beacons gorge while taking photos

Amateur photographer, 76, died after plunging 100ft into a gorge at a Brecon Beacons beauty spot when he lost his footing as he took pictures A 76-year-old amateur photographer has tragically died while out taking photos  Gerald Davies, of Tredegar, Gwent, chose the beauty spot of Clydach Gorge An inquest heard he never returned home, after plunging … Read more