Canada schoolgirls stopped by police after planning adventure to London

Two Canadian schoolgirls were stopped in their tracks after sneaking out of a sleepover and planning to travel to London.

The girls, aged 10 and 12, were in their pyjamas and carrying a hand-drawn map when they boarded a bus in British Columbia just before midnight.

Their map shows "home" as the starting point and the UK capital as the final destination.

Bus driver Ed Boleak alerted police when the two girls boarded his service in the city of Burnaby.

Officers from nearby Vancouver came to collect the girls and return them to their "anxious parents".

Metro Vancouver Transit Police posted on Facebook: "See something out of the ordinary on your bus?

"Let Transit Police know!

"Transit Operator Ed Boleak did exactly that on Monday night when two pajama-clad children, ages 10 and 12, boarded his bus in Burnaby just before midnight.

"Ed contacted Transit Police, and Constable Cho and Constable Cantera arrived to pick up the children and bring them home to their anxious parents.

"The two girls had been having a sleepover when they "snuck" out of the house to go on an adventure that included following hand-drawn map for the journey."

The police added that the girls "didn't realise how much potential danger they were putting themselves in, or the distress they were causing their parents".