A Google camera snapped this picture of Donny Riding, standing outside his home, as it swept through his neighborhood.
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But while the taxi driver from the Wirral told his wife, Julie, he had begun a new healthy regime, he continued to smoke in secret until he was caught in the act.
Julie told the Liverpool Echo that Donny had “been told to give up smoking and to stop eating unhealthy foods after he had a heart attack”.
After hearing the Street View vehicle had been round, she checked their street – only to find her husband Donald, 58, smoking on the drive.
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When he was confronted, Ryding denied it and “stormed out of the house”.
Julie Ryding, from Leasowe, Merseyside, became suspicious over her husband s doctor-enforced health drive when she found Hobnob wrappers in his vehicle.
Although the image has now been replaced by a more up to date version, the picture of Donny can still be seen thanks to a feature of Google Maps that allows users to look back at previous year’s photos.
Forget about the biscuits, Donny “was covered by a cloud of smoke” as Julie put it, and was forced to spend a couple of nights on the couch afterwards, although she said they can all have a laugh about it now.
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Mr Riding did spend the night on the sofa, according to his wife, but now it is a trusted gag for family get-togethers.
