MAKING sure her grandmother is settled in the passenger seat, Kerrie Goodwin checks her toddler is content in the back of the car. The family trio are about to set off to a nearby beach but as they drive away from their bungalow in Tintagel, Cornwall, Kerrie, 43, feels a familiar sense of dread. 5 Kerrie says it's time people who holiday in the area of Cornwall showed respect for the locals who live there 5 Kerrie also revealed how travelling anywhere takes twice as long due to the volume of people that descend on the area Credit: KERRIE GOODWIN 5 Holiday makers pack on the beach in St Ives, Cornwall to soak up the summer weather Credit: GETTY That's because it's only 10am and the roads are already gridlocked meaning Kerrie calls the day trip off - and their plans are ruined.
Her frustration is down to the sheer number of tourists and 'holiday hooligans' who Kerrie says flock to the area for their summer breaks and overrun this idyllic part of the country. And it isn't only the traffic that's disconcerting - Kerrie, who was raised in Wadebridge and whose nan lives in the pretty Tintagel - says visitors vomit in the streets, leave bodily excrement in gardens and run riot. Tourist zombies even poo and wee in the front garden.
They leave rubbish everywhere. It’s a nightmare..
.Many tourists treat us like we are stupid because they bring holiday cash. Kerrie Goodwin She says: “I was born and bred in Cornwall, it's a paradise.
But in summer it’s overrun with too many tourists.