Billy Connolly has revealed he and Rod Stewart once landed a stunned driver in hot water with police after hitchhiking to a Scotland match.
The pair had been making their way to Heathrow Airport to fly to Glasgow for the international game when their van broke down on the M4.
They decided to hitchhike on the motorway in a desperate attempt to make the kick-off.
The driver of a red Mini picked them up and convinced him to use the hard shoulder to avoid a traffic jam near the airport.
But when a police car arrived and pulled the car over, Connolly and Stewart fled the scene on foot to catch their plane.
Billy, 78, said: “Rod Stewart and I once hitchhiked up the M4. We were going to a football match in Scotland. Rod had invited me and his uncle had picked us up in London and was driving us to Heathrow.
“But his van broke down, so we jumped out and tried to thumb a lift. Within seconds, a guy in a red Mini picked us up.
“He would soon regret his kindness, because just outside the airport there was a traffic jam, and Rod and I persuaded him to whizz us through on the hard shoulder. Unsurprisingly, police officers pulled him over just short of our terminal.
“We jumped out and scarpered to catch our plane, leaving the poor guy to fend for himself.”
The comedian revealed the incident in his autobiography Windswept and Interesting.
