Polish pensioner gets on bike, ends up in London

WARSAW - An 84-year-old man, missing since he left home to ride his bike in the small central Polish town of Znin last week, has been found in good health wandering round London's Heathrow airport, Polish police said.

"According to the family, he just took his bike and left," a police spokesman said.

He said police had been searching for the man, identified as pensioner Ludwik Z, when they got a telegram from the Polish consulate in London informing them he was safe and sound in London.

"The family have been unable to explain how he got to London," the spokesman said. "He doesn't speak English and has no friends or family in England, though he did take enough money with him to buy an air ticket." Since joining the European Union last year, Poles have been flocking to London to work.

- REUTERS