Workout names that don't translate well

Not strictly a name that doesn’t translate well, but can be easily misread.

I came across the workout “Ditchling Beacon” the other day and my first thought was “Ditching bacon? In the middle of yet another f****ng lockdown and omikron variant and shit? I’m not picking NOW as the time to ditch bacon. Not gonna happen”

Oh, ditchling beacon…

I’ll see myself out.

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My wife is from Orkney and I always find this one endlessly amusing when I cycle past it:

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There’s lots of photos of people standing beside the arrow.

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Grand Teton in Wyoming obviously being Big Titties.

Lots of good British place names of course. I’ve got a photo of me standing next to the Bonar Bridge sign somewhere.

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Part of my rest day rides :smiley:

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Name was given by French Canadian explorers - they knew exactly what they were calling it :smile:

Close enough… UK Derbyshire

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Oh yeah, I am sure they did, would be very difficult to call a mountain Big Nipple in your native language by accident! (I think Teton is nipples?)

Although on that topic did you know there’s 7 rivers in the UK called the River Avon (“River River”) because the Romans asked the Celts what that river over there is called… I think the Mississippi is something similar?

Plenty of hills in Scotland called Paps.

Mike

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Paps of Jura - was cycling round there last summer. Incredible place. Can see where the name comes from though:

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It’s (generally) the whole cake, not just the toppings. But both meanings coexist.

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I laughed waaay too hard at how you described this :rofl:

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In Aberdeen - used to cycle past it frequently

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I’ll throw this into the suggestion pile
Hell

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Near Aberfeldy in Scotland. Any TR subscribers from boring?

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I quite often chuckle when I pass this place, who would live in a place like this.
Prathouse

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Not from Boring but I do ride through it fairly regularly; it’s maybe a 45 minute ride. It’s only really notable by the fact that a multiuse path I use to get out of town goes straight there.

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Just up the road from me… you can guess what happens by this road sign a lot…

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Ha ha, I’ve been to Sandy Balls, holiday park in the New Forest!
Another good one is Pity Me. Its a town in Co.Durham.
I think it would be a better name for Gardiner -2, which I did the other day, and was in a pitiful state afterwards

Gould+3, it’s named after me :rofl:

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Wanlockhead is 1531ft and I am pretty sure it’s in Britain :wink: