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Is Alive, Why?", with the line: "Halfway up the Wrekin with an empty flask of tea, a fog descends and takes away my visibility..." In
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819:Toblerone
811:Poundland
624:he met a
544:The name
507:limestone
436:rhyolites
432:Uriconian
428:Uriconian
400:toposcope
353:hill fort
330:toposcope
264:cartulary
261:Worcester
109:, England
98:Geography
55:Elevation
984:3 August
950:11 April
815:Mondelēz
781:Rod Hull
606:folklore
518:terranes
488:Cambrian
458:Dolerite
424:volcanic
369:Wroxeter
361:Cornovii
357:Uriconio
350:Iron Age
231:and the
143:Topo map
135:SJ628080
103:Location
1240:Snowdon
895:Snowdon
688:Wiccans
626:cobbler
550:Telford
503:Permian
414:Geology
282:Wrikon-
276:British
272:Mercian
223:of the
221:salient
205:Telford
129:OS grid
92:Marilyn
87:Listing
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924:. 2009
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653:, the
602:legend
568:Access
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384:beacon
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296:Summit
279:Celtic
1236:index
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663:toast
614:giant
461:dykes
440:tuffs
1178:2021
1117:2011
1071:2012
1023:2010
986:2014
952:2015
930:2017
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