Saturday, September 09, 2006

[england] how well do you know your villages

Answers are either: Virginia Water, Filey, Haworth Village, Ottery St Mary or Boscombe [each mentioned four times].

1] Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born here in 1772.
2] This is a north-eastern fishing town.
3] Wentworth Golf Course is associated with this village.
4] Charlotte, Emily and Anne wrote here.
5] It contains a portion of Windsor Great Park.
6] The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway connects here.
7] Not so far away is the town where the dating of Easter was discussed in the mid 600s.
8] William Makepeace Thackery affectionately included it in his autobiographical 'Oebdebbus'.
9] It’s in the West Riding.
10] It sports a 7 mile, uninterrupted, stretch of golden sand from Hengistbury Head to Alum Chine.
11] On this stretch of coast, at a nearby town, you can enjoy parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
12] The lake sports a Canadian totem pole.
13] It’s just 1.5 miles from the centre of Bournemouth.
14] It’s on the edge of the Pennines.
15] The highly exclusive Wentworth Estate, home of media and sports stars, is in this village.
16] The nearby coast is England's first natural World Heritage Site.
17] It’s ideal for people with mobility difficulties as the shopping area is flat and pedestrianised [maybe tackle this one last].
18] Nearby is a village famous for its name – England’s Lincoln green warrior.
19] It’s in Dorset, not Devon.
20] Pixie Day in June is a great family day, when the pixies kidnap the bellringers from the church.

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