[Brian]

endoftheq - just want to make sure you've emailed your info to the support ninjas.

I don't know enough about how the code works to provide any hard info, but I have seen a few results along those lines in my use of the nearby function - a destination that's farther away being returned, for example.

I have no idea if it's Google sending us weird results, us doing something weird with the results Google sends, or something else entirely. I've never been able to get it to happen consistently, but I have seen it on occasion. You're not crazy, though, and we'd love more info on this.

I spend a couple of weeks every year in the UK - mostly down in Brighton. So if I have to stand in a certain location to reproduce the problem you're seeing, it's not completely outside the realm of possibility. :-)