A glance at a map would have shown the coach driver that most of the trip was motorway, followed by about three miles through South-West London to the gates of King Henry VIII's stately pile.
But the driver chose to rely exclusively on his satellite navigation system - and 60 children spent the whole day being driven round in circles after it directed him to a narrow street in the north of the capital.
The youngsters did not get so much as a glimpse of the palace and a 63-mile journey that should have taken 90 minutes took eight hours.
Eventually exasperated teachers gave up and the eight and nine-year-old pupils from Orchard Lea Junior School in Fareham, Hampshire, were taken back to the school.
The incident brought a warning from the AA that drivers had begun following satnav directions 'like robots' and needed to have at least some idea of where they were going before setting out.
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