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Stiperstones: a hill with legends

I think that depopulated land was given over to sheep.

frankbeswick, on 08/06/2024

Alternatives to Capitalism and Socialism

I have not heard of that problem in Britain.

frankbeswick, on 08/06/2024

A Night in the Snow: the survival of the Reverend Donald Carr

As you go north and west Celtic elements become evident. Look at this street in Ashton, in Greater Manchester. Penny Meadow. It derives from pen, meaning high or hill, y meaning the and meadow, an English word. The high meadow. No original ...

frankbeswick, on 08/06/2024

A Night in the Snow: the survival of the Reverend Donald Carr

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. It fascinates me that non-English names feature in place nomenclature in the British Isles. Is there an attempt to keep alive the Welsh pronunciation or might ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024

Understanding Calculus: A Simplified Approach to Derivatives

Good morning dear BSG, just after midnight here There is a lot of work here, and when my beloved awakes, I shall show him as he is our house mathematician . Plus my sons and 11 year old grandson. Ty

Veronica, on 08/05/2024

Alternatives to Capitalism and Socialism

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. Some online sources associate Unitedstatesian gas and oil exploration with gas leaking into underground water supplies. Has that ever been a British Isles-er ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024

Christ and the Mythical Consciousness

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. King Arthur associated dramatically with the "Dark Ages" of his actual lifespan intrigues me. Is the same association attempted about Robin Hood's actual and ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024

Much Ado About Rockall

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. Your answer associates "traditional fishing grounds" of British fishermen with waters off Iceland. Are the 200-mile Iceland-claimed waters still in effect?

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024

Stiperstones: a hill with legends

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. That almost 1,000 years later some areas such as the Pennine dales are not repopulated adequately intrigues me. Might it be the ravages or their memory or ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024

The Idwal Skyline: a mountain walk

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. The jump somewhat unsettles me. Would the landing be quite a jolt to the weight-bearing feet? Would it be possible to get (albeit hairline) fractures?

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024

The living soil: encouraging soil fungi

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. The spelling checker has rendered your sentence as "put into a hot composted." What is supposed to have appeared instead of that hanging adjective/past ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024

Greenhouse Gardening

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. Online sources agree in Southern yellow pine (Pinus palustris) as the Unitedstatesian choice species even as there are such competitors as Douglas fir ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024

The Fall of the Hawkhurst Gang

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. The wizzley-narrated happenings occurred before fingerprinting. So what served to convict smugglers of smuggl-er-ing and smugglees of smuggl-ee-ing? Would it ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024

The Great British Brexit Mess

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. Another question arises as to the 41 years of lies. What is the context?

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024

The ' Tatton Show 2024

There's something else that intrigues me even as I must mention what matters most essentially about the Tatton show 2024: you walked it with your wife! Congratulations and Be Thou the Vision of Frank and Maureen and their family and of Veronica ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2024