Monday 3 October 2011

Sometimes place names really are descriptive!

The beach at Shellness on the Isle of Sheppey really is made up almost entirely of shells - unimaginable numbers of shells from a bewildering variety of sea creatures. It's good when places live up to their billing!

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1 comment:

SadButMadLad said...

Including some places using terms that are now considered offensive but not when they were first named.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/10/03/surprising-things-and-places-in-science-engineering-and-geography-named-niggerhead/