I hate to say it, but those kind of directions drive me crazy! My brain just can't retain all that info all at once. I invariably end up going left at the big car park instead of right at the big park, or something like that. Or I just tell the well-meaning direction-giver to shut up and give me the address (though I put it more politely) - and that's been the case long before Google appeared!
I've never had satnav - apart from a brief spell of using Google maps voice instructions on my phone. For some reason it always sent me right through the centre of town, and I avoid going into town at all costs, so I stopped using it. Instead, before I travel, I use Google maps to get the route, and then I go onto Google Street View and rehearse all the tricky junctions and turnings. It usually works brilliantly - except when the Street View is a bit out of date. It once showed me a school that I had to drive round - except it turned out that the school had been demolished, so I was really confused. Maybe that's what happened to the big red barn.
When I give people lifts to hillwalks, they are often impressed at how I seem to know exactly where I'm going - I've rehearsed it on Street View, so I feel as if I've been there before!
And inevitably at least one person turns up late, saying "My satnav took me to the wrong place!"