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We made a beeline for the Faro Cabo de Gata lighthouse to check out the view.

“Faro” means “lighthouse”. So, you can say Faro Cabo de Gata, or you can say Cabo de Gata lighthouse, but Faro Cabo de Gata lighthouse is…..well, it’s illuminating the subject a little too much….

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Norman
Norman
5 months ago

You don’t expect the hoi polloi to know such things, do you?

Interested
Interested
5 months ago
Reply to  Norman

I don’t know whether you;’re being clever there or not, Norman, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt… 🙂

Charles Brecknell
Charles Brecknell
5 months ago

River Avon, Bredon Hill…

Chris
Chris
5 months ago

Pendle Hill (Hill Hill Hill), Mount Fujiyama (Mount Mount Fuji).

PJH
PJH
5 months ago
Reply to  Chris

See also: Torpenhow Hill (Hill hill hill Hill)

Nautical Nick
Nautical Nick
5 months ago

Mount Ben Berg …. (Cairngorms)

Swannypol
Swannypol
5 months ago

The La Brea tar pits.
the the tar tar pits
new scientist used to do an occasional

  • feature on it before it stopped doing science.
  • bloke in spain
    bloke in spain
    5 months ago

    Cabo de Gata is the site of a very nasty hippy infestation. To be avoided.Your modern hippy is like a New Age Pikey.

    Interested
    Interested
    5 months ago

    PIN number

    Ottokring
    Ottokring
    5 months ago

    Working in IT, I was very conscious of the need for redundancy.

    Pip Community Leader
    Pip Community Leader
    5 months ago

    Ardtornish Point

    (point point point)

    Or even better “the promontory of Ardtornish Point”

    Or even “the headland on the promontory of Ardtornish Point”

    Norman
    Norman
    5 months ago

    Avenue Rd.

    Excavator Man
    Excavator Man
    5 months ago

    Lake Windermere?

    Robert
    Robert
    5 months ago

    And, Norman, “the hoi polloi”.

    Norman
    Norman
    5 months ago
    Reply to  Robert

    That was the point, Robert 🙂

    View from the Solent
    View from the Solent
    5 months ago

    My pet hates are ATM machine and THORP reprocessing plant.

    Boganboy
    Boganboy
    5 months ago

    Since I’m worried that all the climate change bullshit might be right, I love THORP reprocessing.

    But not near me, of course!!!

    Gamecock
    Gamecock
    5 months ago

    So you want tourists to stop going there?

    Gamecock
    Gamecock
    5 months ago
    Reply to  Gamecock

    Take their money and smile.

    PJF
    PJF
    5 months ago

    Prenickety pendantry.

    Me
    Me
    5 months ago
    Reply to  PJF

    As ever with Tim.

    Peter MacFarlane
    Peter MacFarlane
    5 months ago

    My grandparents went to Switzerland on holiday and told us they’d been to see the Blawsie Lake.

    BlauSee in Swiss German.

    But that was over sixty years ago, I guess they could be forgiven.

    Mohave Greenie
    Mohave Greenie
    5 months ago

    In the Philadelphia area there is an avenue named Street Road.

    Bloke in North Dorset
    Bloke in North Dorset
    5 months ago
    Reply to  Mohave Greenie

    Could be named after the town in Somerset called Street?

    Last edited 5 months ago by Bloke in North Dorset
    Andrew C
    Andrew C
    5 months ago

    What does the H stand for in IHT?

    Nautical Nick
    Nautical Nick
    5 months ago
    Reply to  Andrew C

    Is it the same as in Jesus H Christ?

    Ottokring
    Ottokring
    5 months ago
    Reply to  Andrew C

    Iesus Hominem Toblerone

    Gamecock
    Gamecock
    5 months ago

    Hey, when Townsville became a city, they didn’t change its name.

    Bloke in Aus
    Bloke in Aus
    5 months ago

    They’ve built a new bridge at Bridgewater (Tasmania). They call it the Bridgewater Bridge. Just like the old one. That’s legitimate, but it never sounds quite right to me. I overthink it

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