Fucking hell, that's in the Shetlands, right? 
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There isn't actually a route, I suspect it would involve several tickets (just looked on NE site)
teuchter
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Fucking hell, that's in the Shetlands, right?
No, it's not even Orkney. Its the northern edge of the mainland though. Near enough John O'Groats.
PacificOcean
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I suppose for American's using Greyhound buses, Penzance to Wick would be considered a local route.
Lemon Eddy
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Correct. As I recall, Penzance - Birmingham, Birmingham - Glasgow, Glasgow - Wick. From memory, it took about 48 days.
I was young. I was skint. She put out.
teuchter
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Fair enough, the one I looked up on google maps was in the Shetlands... I was a bit
It's a viking place-name I think. There are a few Wicks and -wicks round those parts.
AFAIK 'wick' is derived from the Saxon 'wic,' denoting a trading place or site of minor industry.
*e2a* There's a norse 'Vik' though, which is likely to be the origin of some place names in the old Danelaw.
Lemon Eddy
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In case of any confusion, it was this one I was referring to, which google maps reckons is 811 miles from Penzance.
Though their estimate of a trip time of 14 hours and 19 minutes makes me suspect Sergey Brin doesn't travel by bus much.
London_Calling
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I like it when the thunderbox gets blocked after the first hour.
teuchter
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I think it's the Norse 'Vik' which most places up there are assumed to come from.
In the north of Scotland most placenames are either Gaelic or Norse in origin. Those with English origins tend to be relatively recent anglicisations so don't tend to include Olde Englishe type terms.
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