Stunning Ride

Motorists were stunned to see a cyclist pedalling on the M1 motorway this morning.

The man, believed to be in his twenties, had cycled southbound on the hard shoulder from junctions 10 to 9 before being stopped by police at about 8am.

One witness said: “I witnessed something this morning I thought I would never see – a cyclist on the M1!”

The cyclist was guided off the motorway at junction nine and let off without a caution.

Hertfordshire Police spokesman Simon Feldman said: “We have spoken to him and given him some friendly words of advice.”