A TRIPPER who lost his passport told officials it vanished when his wife was blown off a cliff.

She plunged over the edge during a walking holiday in Ireland.

And though she was rescued virtually unharmed, her handbag containing the pair’s passports was never found.

The hubby’s excuse was among a wacky list of reasons for losing travel documents revealed yesterday by the Government’s Identity and Passport Service.

Others included a Londoner who claimed he was forced to use his passport as emergency toilet paper in the Australian outback.

A Durham dad told how his son “cooked” his passport when he put it in a microwave along with a ready meal.

And a lad had his shredded by his girlfriend after he opted for a holiday with his mates over a romantic trip with her.

b.flynn@the-sun.co.uk