Brits watch on as tourist’s ‘satnav blunder’ gets motorhome stuck on tight road

Brits watch on as tourist’s ‘satnav blunder’ gets motorhome stuck on tight road

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Residents of the beautiful Cornish fishing village of Padstow said that an American tourist was left ‘in pieces’ after getting his motorhome wedged down a narrow lane on Monday

The motorhome was too big for the tight street(Cornwall Live/BPM MEDIA)

A tourist has left a beautiful Cornish village red in the face after getting their motorhome stuck.

Locals reacted with astonishment and mirth after the motorhome driver managed to wedge the vehicle down a narrow, residential road in a north Cornwall fishing town. The drama took place in Padstow late on Monday afternoon, with onlookers suggesting it was due to a “satnav blunder”.




The incident could well be the final silly season fail as Cornwall’s roads quieten down after a summer of mishaps, including the large numbers of cars which ended up stuck on beaches, with one even washed into the sea, Cornwall Live reported.

The Padstow blunder was caught on camera and showed the wide vehicle wedged between buildings in a road clearly not suitable. One witness, a local delivery driver, saw the drama unfold. He said: “Late this afternoon a German tourist got his hired motorhome stuck in one of the narrow lanes in Padstow.

Locals say that the driver appeared “in bits” after getting stuck(Cornwall Live/BPM MEDIA)

“Quite how he got as far as he did is astonishing, why he kept going is a mystery. This is a classic ‘user error’ satnav blunder. The poor chap and his missus were in bits, it was impossible not to feel sorry for them, however, they will most certainly remember this visit to Cornwall for a very long time.”

Fortunately the motorhome was released, although not without incident. The delivery driver added: “After getting stuck they reversed up to the top of the lane and then, incredibly turned it around and tried to drive down to the Golden Lion. By this time the chap had burnt out the clutch, you could smell it from yards away. Oh dear.”

In August locals in another picturesque Cornish village found the funny side in what appeared to be a tourist parking their car in a river. The Mini driver was 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.

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