'I underestimated the situation here' says driver in Eryri parking mishap
A visitor endured a nightmare start to a walking trip to Eryri National Park after her car "fell off the road". TikTok user Jess was in the area over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
She was there to take on the intimidating Crib Goch ridge walk up Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon). But the drama started before she even laced up her boots to start the trek.
The driver - who travelled from Essex with a friend - hoped to pull in next to the A4086 in the foothills of Yr Wyddfa. But she misjudged the drop which was a bit too steep for her little white Citreon.
The front of the car plunged down but the chassis caught the road and was stuck, with the rear of the car sticking into traffic.
Thankfully people came to their aid. Eight locals and fellow tourists lent a hand to lift the car into the unofficial lay-by.
She posted on TikTok with some bemused responses and one person asking why she hadn't just paid to park.
But she said: "I wasn't even trying to save pennies, the car park up the road (Nant Peris) was full. It didn't look like such a drop from the road but I was sorely mistaken."
She added: "I underestimated the situation here."
She told North Wales Live: "We had come to hike the Crib Goch trail. We previously did the Watkin path but weren't equipped well for a scramble so that's why we came back the other weekend.
"It was Bank Holiday so parking in actual car parks was very limited which is how I ended up there."
She added: "My parking incident seems to have caught everyone's attention. My car is okay, just scratched up a bit on the metal work underneath but nothing major. It was very nice of all the people to help out."
Despite the drama she and her friend completed the walk up Crib Goch - thankfully with no further falls. They then though had to wait for a car to move so they could emerge from the lay-by at a less steep point.
She said: "We had a nap!"
She was advised by others to use the bus next time with the Sherpa service covering this part of Eryri National Park. She said she would look into that for next time.
She said: "My life would have been made a whole lot easier if I knew this!"
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