Ananova:

An elderly couple drove 300 miles in the wrong direction after using their car to visit their son who lived just down the road.

Franz Mueller, 88, and his wife Eva, 86, of Breitenborn in Germany, were stopped by police at Wrestedt hundreds of miles away.

A huge traffic jam had built up behind them as they travelled slowly looking for signs to lead them back home.

A police spokesman said: "They asked the officers who stopped them if they spoke German, and then if they were still in Germany. They were really lost."

Police alerted the couple's son, who drove to meet them and help them make the trip back home.