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Frisbee Ten Pin Bowling – 1

Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ========== The Frisbee Ten Pin Bowling championships take place in Canberra on Australia Day by the shores of Lake Burley Griffin. There are two separate events:  the straight throw that takesContinue reading “Frisbee Ten Pin Bowling – 1”

Ski Yachting – Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica

Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ============== The windiest place in the world is on the continent of Antarctica. Commonwealth Bay is about 48 km (30 mi) wide at the entrance between Point Alden and Cape Gray and wasContinue reading “Ski Yachting – Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica”

World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 1

Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ==== The sport of badminton is incredibly popular in Indonesia with tens of thousands of participants in contests and competitions each year. Teams from Indonesia have won many international events suchContinue reading “World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 1”

Places not on Google Maps – Caiman Cayman

Extracts from the following book – Places not on Google Maps This is the fourth and least known of The Cayman Islands, largely because it’s not a tax haven. It is a dangerous island, because the inland waterways are inhabited by a very fierce breed of caiman, who have been known to try and overturn boatsContinue reading “Places not on Google Maps – Caiman Cayman”

Walking the Weasel in Cleckheaton

According to the Lindisfarne Chronicles, “Walking the ways all” was an annual tradition in all Anglo-Saxon towns. The third Thursday in July was set aside for the townsfolk to walk along the common pathways and re-establish their right to frequent these paths. According to the English Common Law, if this annual reclamation wasn’t performed theseContinue reading “Walking the Weasel in Cleckheaton”

Places not on Google Maps – Islands 2

The North Sandwich Islands When Captain James Cook sailed around the world, he must have been feeling extremely hungry. This can be the only explanation for the number of places he named after the humble sandwich. In no particular order, they are as follows: Sandwich Islands was the name given to Hawaii. South Sandwich Islands,Continue reading “Places not on Google Maps – Islands 2”