IN a hiking version of innuendo bingo, a Cockermouth walker has travelled over 500km on foot via the 'rudest-sounding' places in the UK.
James Forrest, 39, a journalist from Cumbria, hiked 11 marathons in 11 days from his home in Cockermouth to visit his brother in the Worcestershire hamlet of Lickey End.
En route, he climbed up hills including the crudely named Great Cockup, Little Cockup and Andrew’s Knob.
He visited a woodland in Lancashire called Nanny’s Breast, a nature reserve in Bolton known as Nob End, and a waterway in Cheshire named Bottoms Reservoir – and couldn’t resist a quick detour to Cock Head Farm in Disley, near Stockport.
His puerile pun-themed plod visited crudely named streets including Cocking Yard (Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria), Ten Butts Crescent (Stafford, Staffordshire) and Number 2 Passage (Manchester).
James’ favourite finds included Willey Lane in Cockerham, Butt’s Fold in Cockermouth and Windybottom Farm in Marple.
His rude ramble also took in several funny pubs including the Cock in Treacle in Macclesfield, Doffocker Inn in Bolton and Game Cock Inn in Lancashire.
"It was a very, very long way to walk just for a childish joke", said James, who used the Marvellous Map of Great British Place Names to plan his double-entendre-themed trek.
"But it was an epic adventure - and I'm just sad I didn't have time to visit Shitterton in Dorset."
“Ultimately, I like to think my journey was a celebration of the very best of British eccentricity and quirkiness.”
The idea for the adventure came to James when his brother moved house.
He explained: "There was a certain poetry to it, with me living in Cockermouth and my brother moving to near Lickey End – and some silly banter led to a bet that I wouldn’t do it.
“I hate losing so I ended up going for it, just to prove my brother wrong.
“526km later and I reckon I might just have completed the UK’s rudest hike.”
James' hike, which took place from October 26 to November 5, has raised money for Baggy Trousers UK (baggytrousersuk.org), a charity tackling testicular cancer.
To donate to James' fundraising efforts, go here.
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