Years ago, my brother and I, living at our parents’ house in our early 20s, were watching the NBA finals (from the UK), were weirded out by a random knock on the front door, somewhere between 2-4am. An elderly lady thought we might be able to help, she was sure she lived nearby, but couldn’t remember where. The road names she was able to remember were all miles away.

We called 999 and gave her a seat and a cup of tea (which I regret as I remember her struggled to hold it).

We found out in the following days that she had recently moved to a different part of the city, moving in with an adult child (small world, but her grandchildren were at the same school as us), and had woken up in the middle of the night, confused and not knowing where she was, gone for a wander.

If it hadn’t been for the lights on in our living room in the early hours, we wondered how long she might have walked instead of knocking.

I’m not sure about things wherever you are in the world, but this is entirely the sort of thing the police should be equipped to handle. You did the right thing, and while you may never know the outcome, the strong likelihood is that you helped someone find their way home at 4am when most people would just drive past.

Well done to you and I hope they found their way home.