Without Looking At A Map Could You

[emmie]

pinpoint exactly where our major or some minor cities are,
i confess that I can't. I know a few but pondered this when looking
at the weather broadcasts.

[maggiebee]

Could probably have a good stab at the major Scottish cities but that's about it.

[emmie]

its just a slight question, but i think that many don't know the location of many of our cities.

[emmie]

maggie, ah i can see where Edinburgh is roughly
but as to the rest don't know..

[hc4361]

Yes, I could.

[emmie]

hc thats good, because when i see the weather map on tv it doesn't place Liverpool, which to me is odd.

[hc4361]

Where do you live, emmie? I bet if you lived near Liverpool it would be on the local weather forecast. There are lots of cities that are never on the national weather maps probably because there are too many to choose from :)

[Arksided]

It's quite easy to get lost in Scotland ;-) Imagine being lost in Wales, they can't spell them lot.

I can pinpoint most major cities and towns if asked but being honest geography was never my strongest point... and still isn't.

[emmie]

hc in the capital,

[Mamyalynne]

Could place most of the English cities, less in Wales and Scotland.

[emmie]

i did pick out Cardiff, but got lost in some well known places.

[Gromit]

We sometimes get map/geography round in our pub quiz, and I am pretty good at those.
The last one was American States which was hard, didn’t do too well on that.

[Lie-in King]

I struggle recognising the shapes of countries & counties. Our own cities? I might be able to get near-ish to a few, but that's general knowledge, not experience.

Geography - bleurgh...

[emmie]

Lie in King, its what i think, terrible really not knowing.

[Ken4155]

For me, Geography was almost as boring a subject as Algebra at school. I learned nothing of either though i can point to a map of England and roughly point out where certain places are. That's down to having driven to many of them at one time or another. On a map of Europe, i do know that France is opposite us and that Italy is shaped like a leg with a high-heeled boot on:-)

[emmie]

Ken having been to Italy even i know that bit... lol

[Arksided]

Before you know it Ken will be trying to convince us all that the world isn't flat.

[Ken4155]

^
Can't be flat, Arky. Just stood a £1 coin on it's edge otside my house and it rolled all the way down the street.

[corylus]

Just get a map!

[Lie-in King]

Where would we be without satnav? ;-)

[emmie]

corylus not the point, get a map and see the world.
but we live here and many obviously don't know their country at all well.. me included.