h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There is a place called Dull in Scotland. It is a bit. Apologies to anyone who lives there

Two more from Kent...

A small village called Thong. Is this where they come from?

And south of Canterbury is Pluck's Gutter. Who was Pluck, and what was so unusual about his gutter that they named the village after it?

Giggleswick and its neighbouring town of Wigglesworth are in North Yorkshire.

I can't see how such a location could possibly be the last major settlement to witness a solar eclipse - surely a coastal town would have to qualify.

F

I can't believe that nobody has looked at a map of East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.

Here are just a few:
Roos
Wroot
Fridaythorpe
Wetwang
Thorngumbalb
Withernwick
Swine
Thwing
Sewerby
Rascal Moor
Bubwith
Foggathorpe

I saw mention of Toft-next-Newton and Newton-by-Toft. Now a little west of those two in Lincolnshire are Owmby-by-Spital, Normanby-by-Spital and Spital in the Street.

And to round it off near Nottingham is a place called Papplewick which has a tourist attraction (?) called Papplewick Pumping Station.

turvy

PS I'll do North Wales another time!

There's a town out in the moors of Staffordshire called Bottomberp.

I hope you're all sufficiently amused by place names to read A846065, by the way.



B

The original name of Thailands capitol Bangkok is Krungthep Mahanakhon Bovorn Ratanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani Burirom Udomratchanivetmahasathan Amornpiman Avatarnsathit Sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit (167 letters).

And there is: Tuamatawhakathangihangakoauauotamateaturipuakakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanahanu. Which is a mountain in North Island, New Zealand. It means in maorian: "The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, slipped over, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as landeater, played on his whistle for his beloved.

HAHAHA

When I worked for a packing firm, many years ago, I once stuck an envelope onto a parcell adressed to a place called (and I swear on my life this is true) MONKEY JUMP!!! Altho I don't recall where it is exactly

MONKEY JUMP?! bwahaha!

there is a place called Bad Oldshoe...



and Current River...

Anyone on this site from the coal dist. of PA ?

I don't know about coal, but Jimi X (U53353) has a comprehensive geographical knowledge of Pennsylvania.

B

There's a smallish town/small village near here (near the Dutch border, on the German side) called Wankum.

sorry, hit post too early.

It made my mum choke on a Polo mint when we drove past the sign

You're stupid

REpeat anyone from PA on this thread
come back

At the risk of being considered picky, and unless the've moved the border of late, Swine is in East Yorkshire, just off the main Hull to Bridlington road. There's also a place in in a valley in Buckinghamshire called HIGH Wycombe, There's also this sleepy little place South of the Border. I think it's called London.

and you're rude.

I would genuinely be grateful if someone could rely fron Shamokin PA

or nearby, Thank You

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch, in North Wales, literally translates as "The Church of St Mary in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio near a red cave", the most ludicrously descriptive place name I've come across

take a look at my reply...