I have recently returned from the USA. While I was there I wanted to find out how many miles I had travelled. I duly went to Google Maps and found out: approximately 3,500 miles between Salisbury (home) and New Jersey (first port of call). What I didn’t expect were the precise directions:
12. Slight left at Portsmouth - Le Havre (111 miles)
13. Swim across the Atlantic Ocean (3,462 miles)
14. Turn left at Long Wharf…
I noted that the most recent edition of the Now Show on BBC Radio 4 (13 April) also marvelled similar directions a listener found while travelling from Chicago to the London.