(Newser) – True love will set you free—unless you're Dale Mclaughlan. The Scotsman's apparent determination to see his girlfriend, who lives between England and Ireland on the Isle of Man, led to quite the Friday voyage, per court documents: That morning he took his first ever Jet Ski ride—on a Jet Ski he had purchased a day prior. It was a planned 40-minute trip from his home country to her island via the Irish Sea, but it took the 28-year-old 4.5 hours to get across. He then walked 15 miles from the shore to her home, and the two subsequently went to "two busy nightclubs," per the BBC. But come Sunday night, Mclaughlan was arrested for breaking the Isle of Man's COVID rules, which permit only nonresidents with special permission in and require a quarantine period.