Published: 2013 February 16 11:49:23 (5376 Views)

Sabine Moreau, 67, ended up 900 miles away in Zagreb, Croatia after originally planning to drive 38 miles to Solre-sur-Sambre in Belgium when her sat-nav decided to take the scenic route,

She failed to realise she had driven through six countries with different languages on the road signs.

She stopped multiple times to refuel and, incredibly, even parked up in a lay-by for a few hours to sleep.

When asked whether the length of her journey seemed strange, Moreau said: "Maybe, but I was just preoccupied... I was a bit absent-minded as I had a few things to think about, I suppose."

Sabine's son had believed his mother was missing and a manhunt was about to begin, according to a spokesman for the Belgian police.

Ms Moreau had to make the journey back from Croatia to Belgium, which took her total distance travelled to 1,800 miles - more than four times the distance between London and Edinburgh. The entire trip took a total of sixty hours.

It is not clear whether the sat-nav or Ms Moreau was to blame for the epic journey.

The moral of the story? As clever as modern-day technology can be, a bit of common sense goes along way.

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