Sign for the Moonrakers
Introduction
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Sign for the Moonrakers
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 14 Jan 2010
The story goes that one moonlit night, a patrol of Excisemen discovered to a group of Wiltshire villagers raking the surface of a local pond. When asked what they were doing, the men pointed to the reflection of the moon in the water, and said they were trying to fish out 'thik yaller cheese'. The Excisemen took them for idiots and rode off laughing. But the Moonrakers had the last laugh. In fact they were collecting kegs of liquor hidden in the pond.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.350201
Longitude
-1.984716