Thursday, December 3, 2009
Lost man drives 370 miles to buy newspaper
When most people get lost, it may add an extra few minutes onto a journey and a few extra miles on the clock, however one elderly man from Australia has to have taken the record for longest distance travelled while lost.
Having gone out to buy a morning newspaper, the 81-year-old ended up driving more than 370 miles after taking the wrong turn on a major highway.
The New South Wales resident drove for nine hours before eventually asking for directions from a policeman at a petrol station.
The man commented, "I just went out on the road to have a drive, a nice peaceful drive".
He denied the need for a satellite navigation system after exclaiming that he'd only ever been lost once before.
I think however his little road trip may have given his wife a pretty good idea what to get him for Christmas.
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