Yes, I'll admit it.
Not quite the same, but similar... went to Cranfield, and was completely confused because the taxy instructions, the airfield diagram (which I did have to hand) and the airport signs didn't seem to match up. Ended up exceeding my clearance limit, got told to do a 180 by a very angry controller. All worked out ok in the end. I never figured out what went wrong, until I bought the next year's Pooleys, and discovered that all the holding points had been re-numbered, and my old Pooleys was out of date. What I should have done was ask for clarification when I realised that I couldn't match the signs to my diagram.
Then there was the first time I went to Tucson International. Spoke to Clearance Delivery, who told me "Your departure frequency is 123.45, contact Ground for clearance." So I contacted 123.45, only to be told to contact Ground. Very confused now. Eventually, I figured out that the frequency which Delivery give you is not the next frequency you use. You get the Ground frequency, and the Tower frequency, from your airport guide. It's only after taking off that Tower tell you to "Contact Departure" - and that's when you use the frequency which Delivery gave you 10 minutes earlier! Not actually sure what I could have done to know that first... but once I knew it, I went back there without any problems.
I guess that's why they say the PPL is a license to learn!
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