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….
You don’t expect the hoi polloi to know such things, do you?
I don’t know whether you;’re being clever there or not, Norman, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt… 🙂
River Avon, Bredon Hill…
Pendle Hill (Hill Hill Hill), Mount Fujiyama (Mount Mount Fuji).
See also: Torpenhow Hill (Hill hill hill Hill)
Mount Ben Berg …. (Cairngorms)
The La Brea tar pits.
the the tar tar pits
new scientist used to do an occasional
Cabo de Gata is the site of a very nasty hippy infestation. To be avoided.Your modern hippy is like a New Age Pikey.
PIN number
Working in IT, I was very conscious of the need for redundancy.
Ardtornish Point
(point point point)
Or even better “the promontory of Ardtornish Point”
Or even “the headland on the promontory of Ardtornish Point”
Avenue Rd.
Lake Windermere?
And, Norman, “the hoi polloi”.
That was the point, Robert 🙂
My pet hates are ATM machine and THORP reprocessing plant.
Since I’m worried that all the climate change bullshit might be right, I love THORP reprocessing.
But not near me, of course!!!
So you want tourists to stop going there?
Take their money and smile.
Prenickety pendantry.
As ever with Tim.
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.
In the Philadelphia area there is an avenue named Street Road.
Could be named after the town in Somerset called Street?
What does the H stand for in IHT?
Is it the same as in Jesus H Christ?
Iesus Hominem Toblerone
Hey, when Townsville became a city, they didn’t change its name.
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