The unnamed man was trying to travel from a southern French city to buy cigarettes in Catalonia in northern Spain, where they are cheaper.

He originally attempted to drive but, having been stopped by a police checkpoint, attempted the mountainous journey on foot instead.

However, he fell into a stream, landed in thorny bushes and then became lost, requiring an emergency rescue, The Guardian reports.

After he was found “exhausted, shivering with cold and lost”, he was fined €135 for breaking lockdown restrictions, French police said.