Angry residents have slammed the National Trust after a post code blunder caused hundreds of motorists to flood into their upmarket village during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Villagers next to historic Belton House say visitors to a lights trail at the Grade I listed Georgian estate drove up their driveways and were even knocking on doors to ask for directions to the entrance.
The traffic chaos was so bad that residents on one lane chose to barricade their street with wheelie bins to prevent further disruption caused by visitors to the country home, near Grantham, Lincs.
Belton villager Bernard Norton claims the National Trust put the misleading post code on tickets and its advertising to take visitors away from the Lion Gates on the other side of the estate.
There is much that lockdown 2.0 left for our Christmas list. The obvious: freedom, proximity to loved ones, good times in the company of close friends. And, falling as it did in October, some of my favourite â if more frivolous â eagerly anticipated autumn events.
This year there was no layering up under Halloween costumes to follow a frosty trick-or-treat trail. There was no misty breath mixing with bonfire smoke on fireworks night. No hot dogs at the half-term funfair as screams get swallowed by the foggy night. Thereâs been no carol singing with a mulled wine and a mince pie, and weâve scrapped our annual Christmas shopping expedition to see the lights. Well, have you seen the Oxford Street bunfight?