Have never been able to play beyond 1/2 hours without giving up.
I accept an errand to find Lord Eggnort who may or may not be near herp. I Travel to herp for 10 mins, he's not there. Oh well I think he can't be too far away so I speak to the locals, they tell me he's now near derp the place I've just come from. So I travel back another 10 minutes to find Lord Eggnort has now moved on towards some other place that sounds/looks just like everywhere else. Ahh jeez, so I abandon that errand as it will only anger me further. So look at my next errand. Find Lord Poobert, his last known position is in the field near herpnderp, halfway across the map. Ride there, takes ages. Fight loads of bandits en-route. Arrive at herpnderp. Lord Poobert has plundered the town and it's now surrounded by large groups of enemies. So ride off before I'm slaughtered and head back to Lord Poobert's castle. He should be back by now. I get there, no sign of Lord Poobert. Wait a good few days as I can't be bothered riding uphill and downhill and he doesn't show up. Get angry. Ride off in search of Lord Poobert. About 10 mins away get a new report that he has returned home to his castle, ffs I seethe. So I ride back to his castle, only for there to be no sign of him when I arrive.
I'm guessing these errands aren't really important and you are meant to complete them randomly when you run across them. I can't play games that way. If I get an errand I like to complete it and wipe it from the list. i don't like the list to grow in size with annoying errands to complete.
