Drivers in Cambridgeshire were given a bizarre reason for running late after a giant inflatable Father Christmas blocked traffic.
The Santa Claus escaped its moorings and floated across the B198 Cromwell Road in Wisbech, blocking it in both direction from 1.30pm on Tuesday.
Footage taken by taxi driver Muhammad Fareed shows the buoyant Saint Nicholas causing the gridlock.
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Posted by Muhammad Fareed on Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Mr Fareed, from Peterborough, told the BBC the giant Santa broke free from a house’s front garden on Cromwell Road.
“I saw it wobble and then come down on to the road – it did raise a smile,” he said. “It was massive, bigger than my seven-seater car.”
“It was one of the more unusual reasons to be stuck in traffic.”
