A sad state of affairs

SteveL
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edited July 2016 in General Chat #1

There is a story in today's paper about a couple who have just managed to arrive in Lyon successfully, to watch Wales play. Unremarkable, except for the fact when they tried to watch them in  Lille last month, they ended up in Lille Belgium. Now I must confess
I had to check where in Belgium it was, and found it 160 km away from Lille in France, just east of Antwerp. Apparently they followed their sat nav.

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  • Bakers2
    Bakers2 Forum Participant Posts: 8,195 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2016 #2

    Oh how sad. I must admit I know there's a  Lille where the Eurostar goes but I didn't know there were/are two Lille in different countries .  Goes to show you can't beat proper maps!

  • cyberyacht
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    edited July 2016 #3

    Just make sure when heading for the ferry it's Portsmouth, "old" Hampshire not the new one. Wink

  • dennisd
    dennisd Forum Participant Posts: 157
    edited July 2016 #4

    I remember a story about an American couple who travelled to the UK to watch a Chelsea game and got a cab to Stamford Bridge ... in Yorkshire
    Embarassed.

  • EmilysDad
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    edited July 2016 #5

    Just make sure when heading for the ferry it's Portsmouth, "old" Hampshire not the new one. Wink

    IIRC a HGV  once followed his sat nav to a little place called Portsmouth in Lancs instead of Portsmouth Hants when he landed at Southampton. 

  • ValDa
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    edited July 2016 #6

    We have been asked in Leeds Bradford Airport, by Americans  'Excuse me, whereabouts do I find the castle?'  It's hard to explain that it is nearly 250 miles away!

  • smjdmfsf
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    edited July 2016 #7

    We live near a small village in North Cumbria called Smithfield where we run a transport business on a number of occasions we have had eastern European HGV drivers pull into our yard looking for Smithfield Market so they can deliver the fresh fruit and Veg
    the are carrying. The look on their faces when we say turn left out of our gate take the first right, left at the T juction then after 6 miles join the M6 south and follow all the way to the M1 then onto London approx 350 miles is priceless as most of them
    have come up from Dover Yell

  • cyberyacht
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    edited July 2016 #8

    It's like Gillingham - Kent or Dorset or St Ives - Cornwall, Dorset or Cambridgeshire?

  • Metheven
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    edited July 2016 #9

    .... and Newquay in Cornwall against New Quay in Wales!

  • Kennine
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    edited July 2016 #10

    Like Queensferry in Flintshire Wales and Queensferry in Scotland.  Just around 260 miles apart.

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #11

    Has anyone any idea how many Nethertons there are in the country? I can think of two within West Yorkshire.

  • IanH
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    edited July 2016 #12

    Just your typical football fans, really......Wink

  • artyboo
    artyboo Forum Participant Posts: 457
    edited July 2016 #13

    Never ceases to amaze me how STUPID some people are!

  • huskydog
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    edited July 2016 #14

    At least it was for nothing important Laughing

  • tombar
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    edited July 2016 #15

    I live in Denton, Gtr Manchester (no, not the one on Frost).  At last count, there are 5 Dentons spread over the countryHappy

  • tombar
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    edited July 2016 #16

    Anyway, at the end of the day, why didn't they follow the road signs.  As Lille is a city, there are plenty of signs in the northern France areaUndecided

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