Sat Nav

A newlywed couple ended up stuck half-way up a mountain when their sat-nav went wrong on their honeymoon.

And to make things worse they were trying to get to Slough.

Not really. Who'd want to go to Slough?

Oliver Kohl and Angela were heading to a luxury hotel in the remote village of Willingen, Germany, after their wedding in Hamm, near Dortmund. But they got lost as their sat-nav guided them along a bumpy, unpaved forest road toward a tall mountain.

That's what happens when you tick the 'avoid motorways' bit.

Oliver said: "At one point there was a gate I had to open, and then eventually the road became a muddy swamp and we got stuck fast."

You'd think you would've spotted the clues and turned back. If you're following your sat nav and you drive past a goat, turn round.

To be honest, sat navs can be odd. On the way back from a gig this weekend my sat nav put me on the northbound Al and told me to make a U-turn... on a dual carriageway. But the difference is, I didn't do it. Just because a computer tells you to do something doesn't mean you should have to.

Or when Windows tells you to insert your floppy... well, you'd get barred from the internet cafe for a start.

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