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Ongoing quests? Right on! I am still holding you responsible for the fact I have no money any more, as Welsh exploration eats it all up.

Back on topic, Rhiannon recently - quite rightly - scolded me for my lazy translation of Carreg y Big (north of Oswestry) as "The Big Stone". I will partly blame Michael Watson's "Shropshire - An Archaelogical Guide" for this lazy mistake, but Rhiannon corrected me by saying that it should be "Peak" of "Beak" stone, like how Fan-y-Big is "Peak Beacon" or "Beak Beacon". With the P/B mutation, I suppose "pica" and "bica" and variations of the same theme?

Perhaps the Giant Bica had a big nose? :)

thesweetcheat wrote:
Ongoing quests? Right on! I am still holding you responsible for the fact I have no money any more, as Welsh exploration eats it all up.
Don't forget you and Postie have promised us all Pumlumon notes...... We're talking actual historical giants there.... Glyndwr.