4 missing lads found dead in Wales

[bobbo89]

BikeBikeBIke said:

A500leroy said:

Thats just st, Four probably decent lads gone like that while the ones that stab people remain with us, terrible.

Yeah, the sort of lads who go winter camping in Wales seem like the right sort to me.

Tragic.

Absolutely.

I had hope when I heard air ambulances were landing nearby. Just the worst outcome.

[carlove]

Such a sad story, when the missing lads flashed up on my phone I really hoped they'd be found having just lost signal, I really didn't expect such a heartbreaking outcome, thoughts are with their family and friends.

[Castrol for a knave]

Deerfoot said:

I’m originally from Shrewsbury and know the school these lads went to.

This news really has saddened me, probably as I have a 17 old boy who’s just started driving.

Dreadful.

Edited by Deerfoot on Tuesday 21st November 17:07

My wife has just got home, one of her best friends is mum to one of their friends (we live SY)

Apparently 4 decent lads. Such a waste.

I was the same at that age, off in my mum's old Mk1 Civic, car full of mates and camping gear into the Dales.

[V88Dicky]

Castrol for a knave said:

My wife has just got home, one of her best friends is mum to one of their friends (we live SY)

Apparently 4 decent lads. Such a waste.

I was the same at that age, off in my mum's old Mk1 Civic, car full of mates and camping gear into the Dales.

It’s almost a rite of passage. Early 90s and a Nova GTE, then off to the Durham Dales in my case. I feel so sorry for the families of these lads.

RIP

[Zetec-S]

BikeBikeBIke said:

Yeah, the sort of lads who go winter camping in Wales seem like the right sort to me.

Tragic.

+1

[RB Will]

Man that is tragic. Me and a mate were doing a wales road trip at the weekend and both Saturday and Sunday near Ffestiniog , few miles from where these lads were found, the weather was truly biblical at times with the wind rain and fog.
2 well experienced drivers in prepped cars who have done the roads a few times were having a hard time of it, so I can well imagine my younger self in a typical teenagers car coming a cropper
I nearly had a van take me out head on as he aquaplaned / understeered onto my side of the road on a corner.

I thought I’d lost my mate at one point as I noticed he wasn’t in my rear view mirror anymore. I stopped and waited a minute. He didn’t appear. I suddenly got that awful sinking feeling, turned around and went back to go find him, fearing I’d find him buried in a rock face, ditch or off a ledge. Thankfully the dick had just stopped to take some photos.

[bitchstewie]

That's bloody awful.

Just listening to Midlands Today and I'm sure they said one of the lads parents didn't know he'd gone off camping.

Can't quite think how something like that can just hit you out of the blue.

[Mikebentley]

Heartbroken for their families.

[Register1]

Very sad news.
Would it possibly have been a new driver, running before he could walk?

[ajap1979]

Register1 said:

Very sad news.
Would it possibly have been a new driver, running before he could walk?

Could have been anything. Why speculate?

[Earthdweller]

No words really

Just RIP lads

[MBVitoria]

Poor lads. Feel for their families. Like many, I had lots of road trips with mates in those early years of driving. Hugely important memories and bonds made.

A few near misses through st driving and lack of experience but luckily made it through unscathed.

Rip lads

[Terminator X]

TTmonkey said:

Car upturned and partially submerged.

My worst nightmare, upside down in a ditch and can't get doors open

TX.

[silverfoxcc]

has anyone else got that ad for a car mattress in the last post above thi obes? . mods can you get this off asap

there is bad faste but that is bloody obscene

[silverfoxcc]

it is an ad from temu.....

[Downward]

Deerfoot said:

I’m originally from Shrewsbury and know the school these lads went to.

This news really has saddened me, probably as I have a 17 old boy who’s just started driving.

Dreadful.

Edited by Deerfoot on Tuesday 21st November 17:07

Yes I work there and it’s a very close community. I’ve not been in work this week and didn’t know until I heard the news at 6pm last night but i’m sure there’s going to be folk at work who know the families.

And yes my son is too learning to drive and some of his mates drive now too.

[Tycho]

Deerfoot said:

This news really has saddened me, probably as I have a 17 old boy who’s just started driving.

Dreadful.

Edited by Deerfoot on Tuesday 21st November 17:07

I'm in the same situation. I can't imagine how the parents are feeling right now.

R.I.P lads.

[Byker28i]

It didn't feel right when the news broke Monday that they hadn't returned home when expected. Absolute tragedy for the families.

[President Merkin]

Feel desperate for the poor families, more so as today is my daughter's 17th birthday & we're giving her a little car which I'd thought of soley as a happy event until I heard the news.

You do what you can as a parent to protect them but in the end, you have to let them go. Rationally, you know nearly everyone is ok but the instinct to keep them from harm never leaves you.

[jamesson]

I was hoping they were going to be found by some mountain rescue team in the countryside tired and hungry but otherwise OK, having just been caught out by a bit of bad weather or something, but this is so terribly sad. Those poor families will never be the same after such a tragedy.

I hope G-wiz has been banned for whatever it was he said (I didn't see it thankfully). Why do people feel the need to make offensive comments on tragic stories like this?