Today I discovered that a road shown on Google Maps doesn't actually exist. I had planned to use it as part of a loop, but when I got there all I found was farmland, so I had to backtrack and find an alternative. That turned a 95 km ride into a 140 km ride, and added 700 metres more climbing and an extra three hours to an already very long ride. I'm feeling quite tired now.
@Erik I used Google Maps once cycle touring in Northern Argentina which showed a route that I could use to cut out some time. Turned out to be a farm lane arrangement, deeply rutted, and it took much more time to get through it than had I stuck to using the main road. Stuck to main roads from thereafter.
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