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Mar 2020
https://youtu.be/LOlBXkNAMWI
Louise Pullan, Owner of The Flock and Fold cafe near Thurscross Reservoir
Louise Pullan pleads with people to stay at home comes after almost record numbers visited Thruscross yesterday and walkers returned again today. After yesterday's crowds at Thruscross and Fewston amongst others, Yorkshire Water said it was shutting its reservoir car parks and urged people to be responsible and stay away.
Louise and her husband Richard run the Flock to the Fold cafe at Breaks Fold Farm -they followed the governments advice and closed the cafe but were astounded at what they witnessed yesterday and again today . Over the weekend, Louise said, so many cars arrived that they had to shut and padlock the farm gates to stop people parking in their yard. North Yorkshire County Councillor, don Mackenzie tweeted:
https://twitter.com/Mac1Don/status/1242066348861161486
Yorkshire Water responded by saying it was doing everything it could but it had 29 car parks and only a small team that was able to shut them.
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