I loved maps as a child, too. I had a pair of shoes which came with a pretend army manual - the interesting part being the symbols you could leave for other people who had the same shoes (signs made from twigs, very similar to the famous Blair Witch Project symbol), and the fake map. My brother used to draw fake ancient maps, inspired by Tolkein's, and I always liked the maps in the old Conan comics.
In the store recently we were looking at some Landranger maps and marvelling at the place names. My colleague Mike says he wants to live in Lower Upperton, in Cornwall. Near Bolton there's Dimple, Turton Bottom, Chew Moor, Mankinholes, Little Lever, and Doffcocker; and back in Cornwall we have Cripplesease, Gweek, the succinctly-named Bottoms, and my favourite, Goonhusband.
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Date: March 18th, 2002 01:41 pm (UTC)From:In the store recently we were looking at some Landranger maps and marvelling at the place names. My colleague Mike says he wants to live in Lower Upperton, in Cornwall. Near Bolton there's Dimple, Turton Bottom, Chew Moor, Mankinholes, Little Lever, and Doffcocker; and back in Cornwall we have Cripplesease, Gweek, the succinctly-named Bottoms, and my favourite, Goonhusband.