Couldn’t find gears.

[Davie mc]

While returning home from the airport,  we had to come off the motorway and when I slowed down at lights I couldn’t get the car into any gear, I turned off the engine and waited for a few minutes,then when I turned back on it started fine, but it must be something and my wife is still wary about coming in the car now.

[unofix]

10 hours ago, Davie mc said:

but it must be something

Then you better get it booked in to your local Ford dealer ASAP

10 hours ago, Davie mc said:

my wife is still wary about coming in the car now.

The garage probably can't do much about that 🤣

[TomsFocus]

It's most likely to be a clutch fault.  Either master cylinder or slave cylinder.  No easy way to determine which one, so I'd generally recommend starting with the master cylinder as it's a quicker & easier job than the slave.