Back in the land of "And finally...", a group of 30 pensioners, some of them in wheelchairs, apparently missed out on a pub lunch after their coach became stuck between steep grass banks on a sharp bend.
"A farmer gave them tea and biscuits and allowed them to use his lavatory as the driver tried to find a way out of the single-track lane.
"Eventually the only solution was to drive the coach across three recently harvested fields to rejoin the main road." Shades of Clockwise.
The words of the driver's more experienced colleague in her defence testify to a familiar pattern of satnav error behaviour.
"She put her destination into the sat-nav to bring up an alternative route and it sent her down the lane. As she made her way down the lane she began to realise she may be in a spot of bother but instead of stopping when she should, she tried to press on. We all make mistakes."
Wednesday, 24 January 2007
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