A childhood belief about places

I used to believe that names of places, such as towns and counties, were actually printed on the groud (Such as in fields), as they are on road atlases and maps.

I remember going down to London one day and when we got close on the motorway i was looking in the fields for

'LONDON'

to be printed out in them with big black letters.

but i never did see it :-( lol

RobbieMc