Place names

Here we are in West Yorkshire and as I am exploring the place again, I have come across the following names on the maps of the area:

 

Slaughter Gap

Sleepy Lowe (in the middle of nowhere!)

Cat i' th' Well ... next to Caty Well Bridge which spans Caty Well Brook

Sentry Edge

Tom Tittiman

Bog Eggs Edge

Dick Ing

Foul Scout Wood

 

Now, I don't suppose they are the funniest names or the most unusual but they are odd ... unless and until one knows where they came from, that is.

 

DW

 

Top Tip

Here’s a top tip:

 

Never turn on your washing machine and then leap into your shower where the water is heated by means of one of those electric instant water heating boxes.

 

DW

More fighting

Trouble is following me in a small way at the moment. I got back home on Friday to find a letter from the local County Court to tell me that I've been summonsed to appear before them on Friday for, er, well, PAYING my Council Tax. Don't you mean NOT paying your tax. No, let me explain.

 

Mid October and I got a reminder from the Council reminding me that I hadn't paid my tax yet so would I attend to it ... so I did. I called them and apologised and asked what to do. Fill in the form, pay the amount outstanding by cheque and away you go is what they said. So, it's all documented: on 16th October I went to the council offices and HANDED OVER both my cheque and my direct debit mandate for the rest.

 

Because of someone's incompetence it took them over three weeks to present my cheque and in the meantime someone else has taken my case to the Court.

 

On Saturday they sent another letter telling me what a naughty boy I am and they're taking away my toys ... I can't pay by direct debit so they want me to pay everything NOW, NOW, NOW. I can just see someone stamping their feet at me ;-)

 

I'm about to call them and ask for their explanation and so on.

DW