Driving back from Wales today, in the pissing rain all the way, it suddenly occured to me that although I have a good idea where most towns in the country are, I've no idea where the Cotswolds or the Chilterns are.
Those two hills are the most confusing, possibly because they both begin with "C" and probably aren't that far apart. But I also have no idea where the Quantock hills are, or the Mendips. (I'm not even entirely sure the Mendips *are* hills.) However on the plus side I do know roughly where the Pennines are, and the North and South downs.
Also I don't even know which hills Elgar wandered while dreaming up his fiddle tunes. These must have been near Worcester though, as that was where he lived.
Let's face it, if I'd been a stone age guy, arriving in the UK for the first time after the last ice age, before any towns existed, I'd be totally fecked.
P.S. Are there any other hills in England I should know about?
Those two hills are the most confusing, possibly because they both begin with "C" and probably aren't that far apart. But I also have no idea where the Quantock hills are, or the Mendips. (I'm not even entirely sure the Mendips *are* hills.) However on the plus side I do know roughly where the Pennines are, and the North and South downs.
Also I don't even know which hills Elgar wandered while dreaming up his fiddle tunes. These must have been near Worcester though, as that was where he lived.
Let's face it, if I'd been a stone age guy, arriving in the UK for the first time after the last ice age, before any towns existed, I'd be totally fecked.
P.S. Are there any other hills in England I should know about?
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