A gentle cycle ride in Dorset , England.
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ArishMell 路 70-79, M
No, nor are Swyre and Puncknowle a single place either! :-)
(Shipton Gorge is - but whatever "Gorge" means here, it is not a vertically-walled river valley.)
A lovely area though, and one I ought explore more.
No miles given, but notice what's missing from the top of the post?
I've a friend in Somerset who had the idea of a comic novel whose characters were all named after villages in that county, a rich fund of names like those West Dorset ones, with their obscure, ancient etymologies. I don't think he ever wrote it though. The names are the easy bit: it's developing the plots and characters that's hard!
(Shipton Gorge is - but whatever "Gorge" means here, it is not a vertically-walled river valley.)
A lovely area though, and one I ought explore more.
No miles given, but notice what's missing from the top of the post?
I've a friend in Somerset who had the idea of a comic novel whose characters were all named after villages in that county, a rich fund of names like those West Dorset ones, with their obscure, ancient etymologies. I don't think he ever wrote it though. The names are the easy bit: it's developing the plots and characters that's hard!
ArishMell 路 70-79, M
@devonman Yes - that's the kind of thing my friend had in mind!
I've seen a photograph of a signpost from, I think, Norfolk, pointing to
[quote]Old Bolingbrooke[/quote]
and
[quote]Mavis Enderby[/quote];
.... to which some wag had added a board saying,
[quote]a son[/quote].
.
Oh the bit that's missing from this and a lot of other signposts, is of course the roundel bearing the junction's name and National Grid Reference.
I've seen a photograph of a signpost from, I think, Norfolk, pointing to
[quote]Old Bolingbrooke[/quote]
and
[quote]Mavis Enderby[/quote];
.... to which some wag had added a board saying,
[quote]a son[/quote].
.
Oh the bit that's missing from this and a lot of other signposts, is of course the roundel bearing the junction's name and National Grid Reference.