How do you like your directions?
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Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
A combination!
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
When they end with, 'You have reached your destination.'
Turn number for me.
On the subject of landmark description, never ask my Mum for directions as all she seems to note when she's out and about is other people's houses and how they are decorated - turn right at the house with blue curtains, pass the house with the stained glass pane in the sitting-room window, turn left at the house with the daffodils in the garden, right at the house with the weeds growing up through the paving stones in the patio......
On the subject of landmark description, never ask my Mum for directions as all she seems to note when she's out and about is other people's houses and how they are decorated - turn right at the house with blue curtains, pass the house with the stained glass pane in the sitting-room window, turn left at the house with the daffodils in the garden, right at the house with the weeds growing up through the paving stones in the patio......
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
She said, "right here, NOW!!' officer... and that's how we ended up on this man's lawn.
What Rob3ert said. All of them are sometimes useful and sometimes not. What matters is regard for direction and a lack of ambiguity. What I find most annoying is people who think their duff directions are more useful than a map and an address, and seem to regard disclosing their address as an admission of failure.
"What's your address?"
"Don't worry about that. We're the one on the left with the Nissan Micra in the drive and the blue curtains."
"You don't know which way I'm coming from. Just give me the address."
"Our road is the third right after the shop, once you've come off the roundabout."
"I'll find it - all I need is the address."
"You can't miss it, seriously. You don't need to go as far as Acacia Avenue."
"What's your address?"
"Don't worry about that. We're the one on the left with the Nissan Micra in the drive and the blue curtains."
"You don't know which way I'm coming from. Just give me the address."
"Our road is the third right after the shop, once you've come off the roundabout."
"I'll find it - all I need is the address."
"You can't miss it, seriously. You don't need to go as far as Acacia Avenue."
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Usually before the required turn 
BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
- Location
- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
im hopeless at remembering street names, but I know my way around. One golden rule I have when lost on a bike...
...never trust directions from a driver. They mean well but just don't comprehend things like hills, wind, motorways...so I always listen, thank them kindly then reassess what they said and follow my instinct.
...never trust directions from a driver. They mean well but just don't comprehend things like hills, wind, motorways...so I always listen, thank them kindly then reassess what they said and follow my instinct.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I like my directions on my GPS - simple to follow and totally accurate***!
*** In cycling terms, 'totally accurate' = 'reliable enough to navigate by'
*** In cycling terms, 'totally accurate' = 'reliable enough to navigate by'
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
combination of 2 and 3
glenn forger
Guest
If they're long directions I stop listening and just nod.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Finding our office isn't easy so an address and postcode has to be embellished with similar pointers but even then people sometimes ring when they get to the street... It can take them by surprise, when I ask if they are driving a particular colour and make of car and ask them to look up, to see me waving.
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
It needs to be a combination for me too, and the address as well.
If it is by number of turnings I would quite like the distances as well.
If it is by street name then the names had better be on the street corners.
If it is by land marks then it'll be good if the landmarks are current and not ones that were lost when your granny was still a kid.
I really dislike the directions that assume I already know the area. The ones that refer to the 'pub that used to be called The Castle...', or 'turn left at that house that had the big fire last year...', and how big a hill when 'take the road to Rawtenstall as far as the hill and then you go over the top past the other warehouse and we're over towards the trees...'.
If it is by number of turnings I would quite like the distances as well.
If it is by street name then the names had better be on the street corners.
If it is by land marks then it'll be good if the landmarks are current and not ones that were lost when your granny was still a kid.
I really dislike the directions that assume I already know the area. The ones that refer to the 'pub that used to be called The Castle...', or 'turn left at that house that had the big fire last year...', and how big a hill when 'take the road to Rawtenstall as far as the hill and then you go over the top past the other warehouse and we're over towards the trees...'.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
A combination for me, depending on the context.
In the middle of town, then landmarks are useful - shops mostly. In the suburbs or rural, numbers of turns and road names are good, but landmarks also help to confirm you're right.
A colleague of mine is utterly useless at remembering street names, even streets he sometimes works on. So we use a lot of landmarks when talking to him.
In the middle of town, then landmarks are useful - shops mostly. In the suburbs or rural, numbers of turns and road names are good, but landmarks also help to confirm you're right.
A colleague of mine is utterly useless at remembering street names, even streets he sometimes works on. So we use a lot of landmarks when talking to him.
