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by **HRHPatey** » Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:17:01 GMT

Lands End (the most southern tip of Great Britain) to John 'O Groats (the most northernly tip ~ actually in Scotland) is exactly 874 miles apart !

To compare .... Lands End to New York is 3147 miles (rather anticipated :wink:

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I didn't know the exact numbers before.

by **fixitman** » Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:25:43 GMT

What is John O' Groats? Is that a town, a farmer's place, or something else? ("Are you going to John O' Groats' place this weekend for the party?)

Those Brits sure are slick when it comes to naming places. Who else would have thought to name the end of a land mass "Land's End"? :twisted:

by **HRHPatey** » Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:59:38 GMT

Hmmmmm albeit undeserving, I am actually contemplating offering the serious answer :wink:

John O' Groats is the name of the place. From Wikipedia:

The name John o' Groats has a particular resonance because it is often used as a starting or ending point for walks and charitable events to and from Land's End (at the extreme south-western tip of the Cornish peninsula in England). The phrase Land's End to John o' Groats is frequently heard both as a literal journey (being the longest possible in Great Britain) and as a metaphor for great or all-encompassing distance, similar to the American phrase coast to coast.

Wikipedia also states that Dunnet Head is the 'actual' most northern point (I guess geographically) ..interesting :-)

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