![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/farmer-furious-as-more-than-1000-drivers-descend-on-crop-field-when-car-park-is-full/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2_Edinburgh-farmer-fumes-as-over-1000-motorists-park-their-cars-in-his-field.jpg&description=The farmer found out from a neighbour that cars had started to appear on his land when a nearby car park became full - and discovered that there were more than a thousand vehicles on site A disgruntled farmer has blasted local authorities after 'more than a thousand' drivers reportedly descended on his field when a nearby car park became full. Willie Innes, who runs East Hermiston Farm near Edinburgh, was alerted by a neighbour after the vehicles began to appear on his land on Saturday afternoon. Cars and camper vans heading to the Scottish capital for the rugby and Fringe Festival crammed into the space when the adjacent Hermiston Park and Ride facility reached capacity, reports Edinburgh Live, leaving him forced to deal with ruined land in the aftermath. Around 200 vehicles still remained on-site on Sunday morning, and the farm owner claims he will have to completely re-sow the field once they have all left. He told the local news outlet: "Individuals have turned up to the Park and Ride to go to the rugby and into the Fringe but they found it was full, so decided to park in my field... one car must have gone in and the rest followed - there were over 1,000 cars in there. My neighbour phoned me and said 'I didn't know you were growing cars this year. 'We just planted cereal crops in the field this week and they have not gone through the ground yet so they were not visible. But now they have been completely destroyed so we will have to go in and redo it. The cars being left there will mean we will have to re-sow the crops. The field is 23 acres, and about seven acres of it has been damaged - it is a massive loss of income for the farm. I considered blocking them in but I did not want to get involved in a confrontation so I phoned the police. The same issue also occurred in 2019, Mr Innes added, and he said he believes the problem "highlights that the Park and Ride is not big enough" for when special events are being held in the city. He is now planning to install a){kind=link}
The farmer found out from a neighbour that cars had started to appear on his land when a nearby car park became full – and discovered that there were more than a thousand vehicles on site
A disgruntled farmer has blasted local authorities after ‘more than a thousand’ drivers reportedly descended on his field when a nearby car park became full.
Willie Innes, who runs East Hermiston Farm near Edinburgh, was alerted by a neighbour after the vehicles began to appear on his land on Saturday afternoon.
Cars and camper vans heading to the Scottish capital for the rugby and Fringe Festival crammed into the space when the adjacent Hermiston Park and Ride facility reached capacity, reports Edinburgh Live, leaving him forced to deal with ruined land in the aftermath.
Around 200 vehicles still remained on-site on Sunday morning, and the farm owner claims he will have to completely re-sow the field once they have all left.