# Atoz Let's Take a Road Trip Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 15, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620 "2023-10-15T22:47:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/201 "2024-01-31T16:43:00Z")
Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Scotland (118 miles) Get off the beaten path and visit Dalton Castle. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/202 "2024-01-31T19:21:14Z")
Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Scotland (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) @knoodler do you mean Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria? It’s not too far from the border with Scotland, but still south of the border. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/203 "2024-01-31T19:38:27Z")
Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Scotland (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/204 "2024-01-31T19:44:04Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > @knoodler do you mean Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria? It’s not too far from the border with Scotland, but still south of the border. Yes. I misread the border between countries. Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/205 "2024-01-31T21:23:29Z")
Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/206 "2024-02-01T15:41:57Z")
Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/207 "2024-02-01T17:52:15Z")
I take it that is meant to be Helensbrugh. Not sure if it was a copy and paste error but I find very few Americans pronouce places ending “burgh” correctly it comes up most offten with Edinbrugh which is pronouced Ed-in-bruh though I have heard Americans call it Ed-in-burg, Ed-in-bu-ruh, Ed-in-bro but rarely if ever correctly. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/208 "2024-02-08T00:22:50Z")
No, I read it as "Helens_burg_ (the correct spelling is Helens_burgh_). > **[Helensburgh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helensburgh)** > > Helensburgh (/ˈhɛlənzbərə/; Scottish Gaelic: Baile Eilidh) is a coastal town on the north side of the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, situated at the mouth of the Gareloch. Historically in Dunbartonshire, it became part of Argyll and Bute following local government reorganisation in 1996. > Although it has long been known that there are some prehistoric remains in the Helensburgh area, recent fieldwork by the North Clyde Archaeological Society has uncovered more. However the oldest building in the ... ---
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Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) ---
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Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) ---
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Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) Kilkenny, Ireland (103 miles) ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/212 "2024-02-08T18:11:30Z")
Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) Kilkenny, Ireland (103 miles) Limerick, Ireland (81 miles) ---
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Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) Kilkenny, Ireland (103 miles) Limerick, Ireland (81 miles) Mullingar, Ireland (79 miles) ---
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Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) Kilkenny, Ireland (103 miles) Limerick, Ireland (81 miles) Mullingar, Ireland (79 miles) Newbridge, Ireland (40 miles) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/215 "2024-02-19T04:14:44Z")
Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) Kilkenny, Ireland (103 miles) Limerick, Ireland (81 miles) Mullingar, Ireland (79 miles) Newbridge, Ireland (40 miles) Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland (136 miles) Mentioned by James Joyce in his great short story “The Dead”. ---
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Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) Kilkenny, Ireland (103 miles) Limerick, Ireland (81 miles) Mullingar, Ireland (79 miles) Newbridge, Ireland (40 miles) Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland (136 miles) Pigeon Point, County Mayo, Ireland (47 miles) ---
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Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) Kilkenny, Ireland (103 miles) Limerick, Ireland (81 miles) Mullingar, Ireland (79 miles) Newbridge, Ireland (40 miles) Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland (136 miles) Pigeon Point, County Mayo, Ireland (47 miles) Quigley’s Point, Carrowkeel, County. Donegal, Ireland (162 miles) ---
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Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) Kilkenny, Ireland (103 miles) Limerick, Ireland (81 miles) Mullingar, Ireland (79 miles) Newbridge, Ireland (40 miles) Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland (136 miles) Pigeon Point, County Mayo, Ireland (47 miles) Quigley’s Point, Carrowkeel, County. Donegal, Ireland (162 miles) Randalstown, Antrim, Northern Ireland (60 miles) ---
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Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) Kilkenny, Ireland (103 miles) Limerick, Ireland (81 miles) Mullingar, Ireland (79 miles) Newbridge, Ireland (40 miles) Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland (136 miles) Pigeon Point, County Mayo, Ireland (47 miles) Quigley’s Point, Carrowkeel, County. Donegal, Ireland (162 miles) Randalstown, Antrim, Northern Ireland (60 miles) Sligo, Ireland (116 miles) ---
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Aberdeen, Scotland Blantyre, Scotland (147 miles) Corbridge, Northumberland (125 miles) Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (118 miles) Edinburgh, Scotland (180 miles) Falkirk, Scotland (26 miles from Edinburgh) Grangemouth, Scotland (3 miles) Helensburg, Scotland (53 miles) Irvine, Scotland (47 miles) Julianstown, Ireland (199 miles) Kilkenny, Ireland (103 miles) Limerick, Ireland (81 miles) Mullingar, Ireland (79 miles) Newbridge, Ireland (40 miles) Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland (136 miles) Pigeon Point, County Mayo, Ireland (47 miles) Quigley’s Point, Carrowkeel, County. Donegal, Ireland (162 miles) Randalstown, Antrim, Northern Ireland (60 miles) Sligo, Ireland (116 miles) Tenby, Wales (302 miles) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620.md?page=12)