Dodgy directions left an English lorry driver trapped at the top of Dundee Law for more than four hours.
The 40-foot low loader was scheduled to deliver some underground pipes near the city landmark.
But after getting lost on the way he asked a passerby for directions who told him “keep heading straight up” and before he knew it his HGV was stuck at the top of the Law.
Police had to seal off the road and bring in specialist machinery to free the lorry.
Speaking at the scene, the driver said he had delivered to Dundee previously, before adding he had “no knowledge of the area” where the load was scheduled to be dropped.
Emergency services were called when the lorry got stuck at 2.30pm and police waited for hours with the driver until a specialist team arrived to rescue the stricken articulated lorry at around 6pm.
The driver said: “I put the postcode in the SatNav and I was a bit concerned by the route.
“I asked a member of the public and they kept telling me to head straight up.
“Once I got up I tried a few times to move the lorry around the monument but it wouldn’t move.
“I had to call it in for help in getting back out.”
Rescue operation
Traffic police remained at scene until the HGV tow truck eventually arrived to assist, as crowds had gathered to watch the removal operation.
One of those at the scene was Terry O’shea, accompanied by his umbrella cockatoo, Shorty.
The 33-year-old who lives near Dens Park said he was shocked to see the trapped lorry, before recording some of the incident on his drone plane.
He added: “Me and Shorty were just in the house and someone sent me the story.
“I was shocked to see the pictures and I came up with the drone and recorded some footage.
“My grandad had a few lorries and I’ve never seen any vehicle in the position this guy is in.
“Looking at the loads there must be a few ton on the back of the vehicle.”
Failed reverse
Kenny McDonald, 56, from Wellbank, had been on the scene earlier in the day after the driver had initially struggled to manoeuvre the truck.
Kenny, a stay-at-home father, said: “I was just up there with my son for some lunch and noticed the lorry was stuck up there, right on the roundabout next to the monument.
“He couldn’t go forward and couldn’t go in reverse. He tried to reverse and when he did he was scraping on the side of the wall. He was there when I left and that had been half an hour.
“He was on his phone and as I was coming down the Law the police were coming up.
“He looked a bit flustered – he was trying to go forward, trying to go back. Even people up the hill were trying to help him.
“I’ve never seen a lorry up the Law Hill before, not something that size.
“It was just a bizarre sight, seeing it up there.”