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Forget Amarillo, show me the way to Amsterdam

We occasionally cover route planner malfunctions as a warning to all our readers. For example: ‘While planning a trip to Amsterdam, I thought I would see what route our coach would be taking to get us from Rotterdam ferry terminal to Amsterdam,’ says Glyn Dobson, from. ‘I usually use MapPoint for this’. Which seems to be his mistake, as the route MapPoint suggests takes him from Rotterdam to Goole, Doncaster, Ilkeston, Luton, Brentwood, Dover, Calais and Antwerp. Which must qualify as one of the least scenic routes in Europe.

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