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This is the moment a pair of Welsh men confronted a tourist from Sheffield visiting Snowdonia in the middle of the coronavirus lockdown.

Police were called to the incident on a narrow lane near Bala after locals spotted a Range Rover and trailer in the area and blocked them in.

Video footage shows a man approach the tourist in the car and say: "Your friends [the police] have just arrived.

"Stupid. What the hell are you doing here anyway? Haven't you got a television or radio?"

(Image: North Wales Live)

Aled Wyn Williams, of Parc, Bala, was one of two local men who confronted the visitor at a time when people have been urged to stay at home, North Wales Live reports.

Mr Williams said he was angered by the lack of respect shown by the visitor, and stopped him on the road along with his friend Oswyn Roberts.

"He was heading away from Bala and the main road," said Mr Williams.

"I drove along the road and stopped him. My friend Oswyn Roberts came along behind, blocking him in."

"He told me he called the police because he felt threatened.

"I told him all we were doing was encouraging him to go home. If he hadn't called the police, I would have done."

(Image: Jonathan Rees)

The video emerged a week after a sign with the message 'go home idiots' were put up by the lake in Bala.

A North Wales Police spokesperson said: "Police were called at 10.12am this morning to a report of a man being blocked on a country lane in Bala.

"Officers attended and suitable words of advice were given."