Locals slam 'entitled idiots' who tried to park car in the middle of a river
Locals in a picturesque Cornish village have found the funny side in what appears to be a tourist parking their car in a river. A Mini driver has been called out for parking in a river just two weeks after locals slammed 'idiot' tourists for deciding to park on the sand . Freyja Pither, from St Dominick, Cornwall, was rowing down the Calstock River when she spotted something out of the blue. It seems that a holidaymaker decided to visit the village and park in a peculiar spot in Calstock. "I don't know the back story for sure but there is a small private slipway in that area which probably had something to do with it," the 17-year-old explained. "When it was spotted, the windscreen wipers were ironically still going. I'd imagine though it was an emmet, Cornish slang for tourist, because us locals know the river! It was amusing to say the least. I can't say anyone was surprised as we have had multiple cars stuck on beaches or swamped. We usually get a few but this year was bad, including three Audis at once stuck on the beach at Newquay." Passengers 'never want to travel again' after man got bare feet out on flight The Mini was spotted submerged in the river ( Image: Jam Press/Freyja Pitcher) In a picture shared by Freyja, the blue Mini can be seen submerged in the river, with the water almost reaching the windows, which are wound down. Louise, Freyja’s mother, said: "That is the only picture my daughter took as she was rowing past and got a good angle. It was not in a harbour just a lower road in the village. Most tourists are fine and just want a nice holiday, it's the odd few that are entitled idiots, driving on beaches." Earlier this month Connor Duffy, 33, a chef from Newquay, Cornwall, was left baffled when he spotted the vehicles drive onto Towan Beach. Thousands of tourists visit the area every year, but locals aren’t always best pleased with how they treat their town. Despite there being plenty of parking spots and car parks around Newquay, the trio decided to drive their cars right onto the beach – and soon needed assistance. "They all drove down together... didn’t look like they knew each other as they were all separate cars," Connor, from Newquay, explained. "They then had to get two RNLI trucks to leave their posts of lifeguarding to come and sort them out. They had to be pulled out by locals as no tractors could be called in. "Then they had to clear the ramp as they each took turns at speeding up the beach and onto the ramp without getting stuck again. Lifeguards tried to sort it as quickly as possible, and did so." Connor said a crowd soon gathered and cheered when the cars were finally removed from the deep sand and taken up the ramp. The cars got stuck on the beach in Newquay ( Image: Jam Press Vid/@duffys__photos) He added: "Just shows common sense isn’t really that common. Happens at least once a week now due to tourists not reading the signs and thinking that they are fine to do so. It’s the same with the bins on the beaches, tourists put still-burning coals in the bin and set it on fire. "Fire engines are down all the time over the summer because people don’t know how to go to the beach, safely. Shame really. But this was funnier to watch than anything too serious. Some say entitled people, but it was just a bunch of silly people who don’t think very hard." Ryanair mocks couple who got engaged on flight - but people have hit back It's not the first time that tourists have caused chaos after getting their vehicle stuck on holiday. Earlier this year a British couple was left mortified after they got their campervan stuck in the middle of a narrow street in Spain. A tow-truck and the local police had to come to their rescue after their vehicle got stuck between two houses. The couple had seemingly failed to spot a sign warning motorists with large vehicles to avoid the centre, and got themselves into a jam after traversing streets that got increasingly narrower.