It seems that even the ‘ardest of Army nuts have been having a bit of trouble finding their way around town, as dozens of NATO trucks on their way to the Macedonian border got lost and ended up at a Greek vegetable market on Thursday because protesters had removed road signs.

The trucks were part of a British convoy carrying military containers and vehicles from Greece’s northern port of Salonica. NATO had marked the 38-mile route to the border but locals removed some of the signs to protest against NATO’s airstrikes against Yugoslavia and the new traffic through Salonica.

About 50 of 200 trucks took the wrong turn before leaving the city, said British forces spokesman Maj. Ian Seraph. “This was an effort to prove to NATO that the people of Salonica and of Greece are against the bombings,” said Agapis Sahinis, one of the protesters. “We wanted

to get the message across in a humorous way.” Snigger, snigger.