Nant Peris Park and Ride, overflowing into the road on Saturday and 5.30pm! it was full by 8.30am. Not my finest photo!
Well, what can i say. This weekend was carnage at the Pen Y Grwryd, after the council decided to reduce the amount of roadside parking around the area the inevitable has happen. The parking problem has simple moved further down the road. A road that gets narrower, so in essence was virtually reduced to a single lane. It took an age returning from Tremadog, to make the last 500 metres to PYG.
Having arrived at the junction there is a road work as present, apparently to supply electricity to a proposed Pay and Display metre. I think the council must have brought a job lot of them as they seem to be putting them everywhere. Now whats really funny is that the “illegal” parking will not doubt continue. Given that this weekend was not during the busy summer holidays yet parking was still at a premium, just makes me think what it would have been like if the summer had actually been nice.
The Traffic and Road Side Park sprawling down Nant Gwynant, thanks to the council blocking the roadside parking.
The last Pay and Display metre to be put up in that valley, at the bottom of the Watkin Path, was torn up and found half a mile away. Apparently the police question the whole village! Imaginative work guys.
Now for those that might not agree with me, the other option for people visiting the area is the designated Park and ride that is in Nant Peris. Unfortunately this was full at 8.30am on Saturday. So basically there is a totally inadequate system for parking in the area for Snowdon. Yet the Council responsible still keeps reducing the number still further.
People will do what one Tourist reported to me, which was just accept that they are going to get a parking fine and park right outside Pen Y Pass. With four people in a car they paid £7 each. given that it is £3 per person for the park and ride, plus the few quid for parking, and the inconvenience of waiting for the bus. they felt fine about the fine!
If I was a militant kind of a guy, i would suggest that a few people head over there with a few shovels and dig the bump away that stops people parking, or of course find a friend with a digger to do a midnight excavation!
One lane traffic due to Roadside Parking, but where else were they going to Park, everybody deserves the chance to enjoy Snowdonia National Park, but unless they are provided with appropriate parking, what is the solution?