With ventures outside the comfort of your own home at a premium these days, it’s sometimes easy to forget a few things you want or need during your visit to the supermarket or pharmacy.

You may be so distracted by the need to stock up on bread, pasta, booze, hand sanitiser and, erm, toilet roll, that you forget a few essentials, or even some luxury items that you fancy spoiling yourself with to make the present lockdown situation as tolerable as possible.

And, if you’re one particular motorist in the UK, you’ll be hit with the grim realisation that one of your most calming influences is out of supply and you’re in desperate need of a stockpile.

Which is what happened to one stoner in Cardiff recently who, when pulled over by police, claimed that the ‘essential reason’ he wasn’t currently staying home was because he was topping up his weed supply.

The #OpSceptreTeam have been patrolling @SWPCardiff . The vast majority of people listening to @GOVUK advice #StayHomeSavesLives.

1 man was reported for non essential journey & possession of cannabis, after saying “My journey is essential. I had to buy weed” *106368. ^538 pic.twitter.com/rtQXS7kOvw — South Wales Police Cardiff (@SWPCardiff) March 30, 2020

When pulled over by police, who are conducting spot checks to ensure people are only leaving their houses for the government sanctioned reasons, the man simply said, “my journey is essential, I had to buy weed.”

Well, you can’t fault his honesty, we’ll give him that.

The measures are aimed at keeping people home as much as possible during the current Coronavirus pandemic.