Duncan Bell is lost in London

The strange tale of the misplaced bridge; or how Apple Maps nearly caused a relationship breakdown

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Recently, I went to see my parents, who are old. No word of a lie, at one point they spent 10 minutes trying to locate my mum's iPhone using 'Find my iPhone' on her iPad. A lot of consternation ensued, as Apple's clever app showed that the iPhone appeared to be on the move. Had the dog swallowed it? Was it being borne about the house by a family of mischievous mice? No: the phone turned out to be in my mum's pocket. How we chortled.

This reminded me of an event on the way home from my last visit to the 'rents, last year. This also involved one of Apple's clever apps, and it very much did not make me chortle. My partner and I were driving home. Well, he was driving home; I was chilling out and eating the in-car snacking meats. We had to refuel the hire car just before dropping it off, in order to avoid an eye-watering fuelling fee.