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  • Anyways, if that whets yer appetite, to make an order for any of the MP3s, head over to the Gigging for Groats post itself, for instructions on how to make an order. posted by Hal Duncan | 2: 38 AM

    Archive 2010-02-01 Hal Duncan 2010

  • Anyways, if that whets yer appetite, to make an order for any of the MP3s, head over to the Gigging for Groats post itself, for instructions on how to make an order. posted by Hal Duncan | 2: 38 AM

    More on the Menu Hal Duncan 2010

  • The redundant telecoms building is perched high on Shap summit, off the A6, and could get a new lease of life as a camping barn for cyclists and fundraisers attempting the Land's End to John O 'Groats route.

    Council orders cabbies to smarten up 2010

  • "If you are travelling on the John O 'Groats route then you will definitely go through Shap – so i think it will be useful."

    Council orders cabbies to smarten up 2010

  • The intention is to build an AnywhereCouncil app. set, since the act of moving is the same from John o Groats to Penzance.

    Cui bono? The problem with opening up data at Helpful Technology 2009

  • The Bosnians aren't willing to talk peace -- as long as they keep gaining and getting help from the Groats.

    Let's Get Out Of Here 2008

  • "What if the next one's John o 'Groats?" asked Lackland.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

  • It's raging all over the south and halfway across the channel, and snowing clear up to John o 'Groats.

    Flying Finish Francis, Dick, 1920- 1966

  • Canon Pennyfather might have got on the wrong train and failed to discover his mistake until he was at Land's End or John o 'Groats, or he might still be in London having made some mistake in the date, and was therefore convinced he was not returning until tomorrow.

    At Bertram's Hotel Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1965

  • In the extreme north-east there is a passage upwards into the John o 'Groats group [v. 04 p. 0960] with its characteristic fishes, the strata consisting of sandstones, flagstones with thin impure limestones.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

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