74-year-old cyclist escorted off the M25

Police escort 74-year-old lady off the M25 after she was spotted cycling along the motorway

A 74-year-old lady from New Haw was stopped whilst cycling along the M25 motorway between J10 and J11.

Surrey Roads Police said the woman was using the motorway as a short cut!

She was transported off the motorway and issued with a fixed penalty notice of £50

See what people tweeted:

‏@RBteachy We drove past you with her and couldn't actually believe what we saw!!

@binstedman At 74 she deserves a bravery medal   

@mrbubbaman should be given a medal, if I'm still cycling at 74 I will probably have had my back and hips replaced!

@Stealth72 lanes, when you can find a good one, are only designed to be ridden at 12mph. I'm mostly doing about 20mph.

@TreacleToo  Good for her. Hope I'm that 'f*** you' when I'm 74.  

 ‏@bike3isavolvo Strewth. But might the hard shoulder of the M25 struck her as safer than the alternative?

 ‏@parimalkumar if I had to choose, I'd take the hard shoulder of M25 for cycling over taking the lane on A3 any day.