Breconshire Police said: “The BBNP remains closed, do not drive to the area, you will be fined,” tweeted Breconshire Police. “One minibus driver booked today drove from Cheltenham, with 10 passengers, the passengers were not present on police attendance, two from Swansea area also booked. The driver is not the first person to be fined for flouting lockdown rules, and in recent weeks the Brecon Beacons National Park Association has been forced to close off areas and car parks to deter visitors. Superintendent Craig Templeton, from Dyfed-Powys Police, said: “It has been disappointing for officers carrying out high-visibility patrols in the Central Beacons area, as we’ve seen scenes where there were hundreds of vehicles present.
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NATURE lovers have again been warned not to visit Mid Wales beauty spots, or enter Powys from England, after a minibus driver was fined for bringing a party of 10 people to the Brecon Beacons on Saturday. Dyfed Powys Police reported that the minibus driver had brought his passengers from Cheltenham to the Brecon Beacons on February 13. The 10 passengers were presumably off exploring the local area as police revealed they were not present when police arrived. Cheltenham is an hour and 39 minute’s drive from Pen y Fan, in the heart of the Beacons – or 79 miles – and local police are again finding themselves reiterating the same message.
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A Basingstoke man has been fined after travelling to a rave in Wales during the summer. Matthew John Parker, along with thousands of others, assembled in Banwen, on Saturday, August 29, the BBC has reported. The 35-year-old told Swansea Magistrates’ Court that he was “very sorry” for his actions as he was fined £1,200. The rave began in the early hours of Saturday on the August bank holiday. Tougher restrictions had just come into place in Wales, with unlimited fines having been introduced for the organisers of illegal raves. South Wales Police said that around 3,000 people from across the UK headed to Banwen, on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Residents are reported to have been kept awake by the noise of the nearby rave, with one man 14 miles away saying the music woke him up at 03:00am.