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Icing on the lake

ICING ON THE LAKE

The red flag has popped

A Northern is on the line

Ice hole refreezes


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Unusual U.K. place names 65. – Uttoxeter

UTTOXETER, Staffordshire

Varied history

Luttuc’s homestead on the heath

Roman garrison


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Obscure words explained 77. – fictile

FICTILE

Of or relating

to pottery, baked thrown clay

painted and then glazed.


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Unusual U.K. place names 52. – Wensleydale

WENSLEYDALE,  Yorkshire

Home to the Metcalfe clan

named after Woden’s  meadow

Famous for its cheese


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Obscure words explained 73. – nival

NIVAL

Plants that grow in snow

A Godsend for some wildlife

during the winter


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Unusual U.K. place names 12. – Melton Mowbray

MELTON MOWBRAY

Noted for pork pies

Rural capital of food

home of Stilton cheese


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unusual U.K. Place names 6. – Wycke Champflower

WYCKE CHAMPFLOWER

Close to Cheddar Gorge

Home of famous cheese making

Authentic Cheddar


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Obscure words explained 63. – postprandial

POSTPRANDIAL

After a dinner

with a snifter of cognac

smoking a cigar