On Friday, 13 July 2018 19:20:39 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
I did, with the help of a bloke in a pickup with orange flashing lights
on the roof that stopped to help manage to get them off the motorway
(they were blocking lanes 2 and 3) throw them down the banking of the
hard shoulder

And you're going back under cover of darkness to retrieve them ...?

Owain