A young man who completely lost his car for over a week at a festival will soon be reunited with his vehicle.
Connor Spear, 19, drove more than 100 miles to attend Tokyo World in Eastville, Bristol, and parked the car far away from the busy site.
But after the weekend event finished he had - despite a lengthy search.
Another 11-hour search this weekend also proved fruitless, BristolLive reported.
Connor’s mum Sally Jeffery said: “I’m devastated and annoyed that he’s been so irresponsible.”
Connor left Plymouth with two friends last Saturday - September 21 - in his prized black Vauxhall Corsa, which his mum described as his “pride and joy”.
The first day of the festival passed without incident, but disaster struck on the Sunday when Connor decided to drive so he could give friends a lift to the event.
The story has caused considerable interest since the appeal was launched and thankfully now "a kind man" has sent them pictures of where the vehicle is parked.
Connor has not yet retrieved his vehicle, but is set to be reunited with it in due course.
She told Plymouth Live: "You know what lads are like, 'do it later mum', but I needed to know if it’s out there.
"A kind man passes the car every day, it’s parked up safe. He sent me pictures of it this morning. There are a lot of lovely people around.
"We call [Connor] fun time Frankie as he always makes us laugh to make light of the matter, never a dull moment from Connor."
Sally said she was "so annoyed at first", but that her son has managed to turn the situation around.
She said: "We were so annoyed at first at how irresponsible he had been."
At the time Connor and the friends who travelled to Bristol with him were fortunate enough to secure a lift back to Plymouth with someone they knew, but over the past week Connor has been forced to walk to his job as an apprentice at an electrical company.
This weekend, however, the recovery mission stepped up a gear as Miss Jeffery drove herself and her son back to Bristol for a joint search effort.
The pair spent eight hours roaming the streets of the city yesterday (September 28), focusing on Eastville, followed by a further three hours today.
Recalling her son’s description of the road he parked on, Miss Jeffery said: “On the left of the street there were a load of bushes where you couldn't park and on the right there was a row of houses.”
Connor bought his car for £2,500 two years ago, shortly after passing his driving test, according to his mother.
Describing her son’s frustration at the time, the mother-of-two said: “He’s annoyed with himself because at the time you just want to get there [the festival], but he feels so irresponsible - it’s the most irresponsible thing he’s done.”
She added: “The thing is, it’s a really nice, decent car and he’s really looked after it - that’s the annoying thing about it.”
