‘I’m scared’: Locals in rural Wales fear tourists will bring coronavirus as lockdown eases

But business owners tell Emily Clark they are keen for fresh faces to stimulate stagnating local economies

A couple eats ice cream on a beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales (Reuters)

Shopping bags full of food spilled out of car boots last weekend in Wales as holidaymakers unpacked provisions at their second homes – ready for the sea and sun.

The country’s five-mile travel limit was lifted on Monday but a few jumped the gun by two days, arriving on Saturday.

In the small town of Newport, Pembrokeshire, worried grumbles accompanied the arrival of the Range Rovers, Mercedes and Audis: a sure sign that the second homeowners were trickling back.