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Mysticangel
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Thought I'd start a new ABC game ....

Aberdeen

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Dover

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Eastbourne

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Hythe

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Inverness

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Jedburgh

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Kyle of Lochalsh

and it's right and fair that you put in the longest place name.

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Awww, thanks Prashna. You're a true gentleman.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch

Phew .......:)

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Which translates into:

St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the Red Cave.

I'm so clever I know!!

Mount Pleasant

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Awww, thanks Prashna. You're a true gentleman.

Phew .......:)

I try!

And after that long name, we all need a short one to recover the breath....

Especially

Moy.

in the Highlands

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Newquay - great for surfing.

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Newquay >>

game....

Over, Cambs

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Porthtowan - spent my summer hols there as a youngster, plenty of sand, surf and a big rock pool where I learnt to swim. Aaaaaahhhh. Nostalgic .....

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Quarter , Strathclyde

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Rhyl (does that count cause it's in Wales, I was there many moons ago)

If not then we can continue with ........

Romford (Essex??)

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Rhyl

is fine, as it is in the UK.

Saffron Walden

Where that precious crocus grew.

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Sandwich (Kent).

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Sandwich >>
made with Wiltshire ham and fresh Capsicum and Iceland Lettuce, perhaps

downed with a chilled can of fresh coconut juice...

Yum, yum...

Turville

Not Jayne...

This one is in Bucks.

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Ugborough, Ivybridge, Devon

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Vale, Guernsey

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Wallingford

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Yoker, Strathclyde

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Zig Zag Hill

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Avebury

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Burn, N. Yorks.

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chessington

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Dudley

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The enchanting village of

English Bicknor, in Gloucs.

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Fakenham

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