A group of English women have vowed not to return to North Wales due to the "anti-English attitude of locals. Amy Hurst, 56, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, was on a walking holiday in Llanberis, North Wales, with seven women, aged between 55 and 70.But they said they encountered " Amy Hurst, 56, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, was on a walking holiday in Llanberis, North Wales, with seven other women aged between 55 and 70.
They claim they experienced "astounding hatred for the English" throughout their four-day trip in Llanberis. The group alleges they were yelled at in the street, subjected to anti-English comments in pubs, and struggled to get served in restaurants and bars. The women are part of 'Women that Walk', a group established in their local town to encourage females to enjoy nature.
Florist and mother-of-one Amy said: "The hatred for the English in North Wales is astounding, we will not be returning." Amy, who operates a flower business, says the group first noticed something was off when they arrived at their Airbnb on Friday, September 30. "When we first arrived there, we were walking down the street when one of us remarked on there being a funeral care place," she said.
"A guy walking past overheard us and said 'it's free for the English! ' It was a bit strange! ". The following night, Amy claims the group entered a pub where a man said: "Let's not bother with these they're bloody English." Amy said: "We had to tell them to leave us alone.
We ended up leaving the pub and one of our group challenged the man and asked him why he felt the way he did - he turned into a cowering little boy!" "We felt a bit scared, it just felt very threatening." Amy also shared that at a restaurant they visited the next day, everyone was served except for them though she concedes it might have been mere bad luck. "The vibe was awful all round we were all shocked at how bad it was.
" "I've been to Wales a few times but this was really anti-English and probably anti-women too - I will not be going back." Despite their encounters with the locals, Amy said the hike they did up Snowdonia was "incredible", but she was taken aback by how they were treated. "It's hardly Barcelona where they want the tourists out because there are too many," she commented.
"I wouldn't recommend going there to anybody. It's such a beautiful place but the people were just off we basically just got abused." To top it all off, Amy alleges that when last orders were called at a pub they were at on their final day, a member of the group went to get drinks and the pub turned all the lights out.
"They clearly wanted us out as well I've never had an experience which has made me feel like this before.".
