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How many Scotlands fit inside England?

March 13, 2016 Leave a Comment

How many times can you fir the population of Scotland into England.

Map created by reddit user bezzleford. Please note this map refers to population not area.

The map above shows how many times the population (not area) of Scotland could fit into England. In case you have difficulty reading the numbering above, the answer is 10.

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Filed Under: Scotland, United Kingdom

Scotland, Are You Even Trying?

January 24, 2015 21 Comments

Loch Lochy

Loch Lochy, Lochaber via Google Maps

As unoriginal place names go, Loch Lochy (in Lochaber) has to be at the top of the list. I imagine whoever named it was at the end of a long day of loch naming and said to himself, “fuck it, I’m off to the pub.”

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Filed Under: Scotland Tagged With: humour

Scotland’s Watershed Is So Wild That Only 6 People Have Managed To Complete The Whole Route

January 13, 2015 3 Comments

The route of Scotland's Watershed

The Scottish Watershed, map provided by Peter Wright

The Scottish Watershed separates the drainage and river systems that flow east into the North Sea from those that flow west into the Atlantic. The map above shows its route from the English Border to the North of Scotland at Duncansby Head (near the more famous John O’ Groats).

Or, as Peter Wright (one of the only people to have walked it) puts it:

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Filed Under: Scotland Tagged With: walking, watershed


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