The Worst Journey in the WorldAspley Cherry Garrard was the youngest member of the Scott Polar Expedition when he and two others lost their tent to the winds of a night-time snowstorm. They spent hours in temperatures below -70°F stumbling about the ice floes hoping they'd bump into it as it was their only hope of survival.
OK, so that was bad, but we reckon you've had worse. We know how hard you lot are.
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chthonic, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 12:40)
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AutorouteFortunately not me.
Some friends of my Mrs were visiting us in Devon from Milton Keynes (about 3 hours away). About 6 hours after they'd left we wondered why they hadn't arrived in Devon yet.
When they did arrive I inspected their directions printed off from their Autoroute program. Turns out that if your preferences are set to "only use main roads" and "Avoid roads: M25" (on account of London bound journeys) then the motorway based route to Devon it recommends is to go North(!?!?) in a M1, M6, M5 combo. Thus doubling the journey length and incurring Birmingham! What kind of an idiot starts a journey to the "South West" by going North for 100 miles?
(, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 16:10, Reply)
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