Police have dished out Covid fines to a family who travelled 200 miles to camp at Peak District beauty spot.
Officers from Derbyshire police had been on patrol in Hope Valley after they got here throughout a pair with a toddler within the car park beneath Mam Tor.
When requested why they had been there, the couple revealed that they had determined to journey from their residence in South London to camp for the night time.
They had been promptly fined £200 every for breaching lockdown and advised to go residence by police.
Details concerning the incident, which passed off on Saturday night, March 6, had been revealed on the Hope Valley Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) Facebook web page.
It stated: “On Saturday night discovered a pair with a toddler in Mam Tor carpark who said that they had come to camp for the night time, what made issues worse was that they had made the 200 mile journey from South London.
“They had been despatched on their means that night time together with a £200 advantageous every.
“Please bear in mind the principles that are in place to assist the NHS.”
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It just isn’t the primary time police in Derbyshire have discovered individuals travelling lengthy distances to get to the Peak District.
Over the weekend officers fined individuals who had come from as far-off as Melton Mowbray and Ipswich to go climbing at Stanage Edge.
