While all of you have been out running have you come across a feature in the countryside whose name makes no sense at all and sometimes is downright daft. You know something like Tall Hill and it's clearly no more than 200ft high that sort of thing.
While all of you have been out running have you come across a feature in the countryside whose name makes no sense at all and sometimes is downright daft. You know something like Tall Hill and it's clearly no more than 200ft high that sort of thing.
They called me mad and i called them mad and damn them they outvoted me !!!.
Scotch Corner!
Hills and Guinness!
Hunger Hills in Horsforth, don't know what that's all about.
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Easy. That's where you decide to go straight up to Edinburgh or half left to Glasgow. There's a large bar for you to have a couple of beers and a bath while you make up your mind.Originally Posted by stevefoster
Even wiki agrees with me:
The route now called the A66 was once 'the winter road' from Scotch Corner to Glasgow, by way of Carlisle. 'The summer road' runs from Barnard Castle, along Teesdale to Alston, Cumbria, then through Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria to Gretna, Scotland. Particularly for cattle droving, the shorter route was advantageous when passable. The Summer Road is one of the most spectacular routes in England.
The Romans were responsible for building the first roads to meet at this point and the site of the original junction is just a few hundred yards away from the modern day intersection. In AD 71 the Romans took control of the North when they defeated the Brigantes, a Northern Celtic tribe at the Battle of Scotch Corner.[2]
The location remained significant as a staging post with an inn, subsequently becoming a roadhouse in the early days of motorised travel. The £8 million Scotch Corner diversion opened in 1971, which created a grade separated junction on the A1.
Last edited by Brotherton Lad; 21-09-2011 at 09:49 PM.
Come on, chaps. It's not difficult:
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/fol/fol_5.html
I've never googled it to try and find out tbh. Just wondered occasionally, now I'll always remember that incredibly negative story. Cheers
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I live by Hunters Knob.
Google that one.... :w00t:
Don't need to google. A knob is a common name of any smooth rounded hill, be it soft limestone or glacially eroded (or polished, oerr, vicar) granite. The Hunter's bit is self explanatory.
In the same vein, there's a hill outside Yakima called Squaw's Tit. And, yes, I have run up it, just before the Run for Jesus marathon in 1988, where some bloody Yank with a pace maker pushed me into second place. The b@stard.
Last edited by Brotherton Lad; 21-09-2011 at 11:26 PM.
Kinder. Its not made of chocolate and i still havnt found the cheap placky toy. :angry:
http://youtu.be/LlRrdbkyV8w
It sure is, and here's a short educational vid to illustrate.
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