IT is not a map you would find in a tourist shop, and they are not places officials will guide you to.
But whereever schoolboys gather their names will be spoken in hushed and gleeful tones - and now two Scottish brothers have completed an epic trip to visit every site with a rude name.
Andy and Magnus Tait spent six years planning their 2,000-mile journey visiting streets, villages and towns with naughty titles.
They stopped off at, Fanny Street, Upperthong, Butthole Lane, Willey, Titty Ho and Sandyballs.
They also visited Bellenden Gardens, Poundbottom, Cockermouth, Penistone, Butthole Bell End, The Knob, Lower Swell, Old Sodbury, Butcombe and Shaftesbury, with stops at Shitterton, Lickfold, Fingringhoe, Slutshole Lane, while not missing out on Feltwell, Fanny Hands Lane, Scunthorpe, Rimswell - and Wetwang.
However, their trip did not include either of Scotland's Twatts - which cane be found on Orkney and Shetland respectively.
The pair spent four days on their road trip and took a selfie picture at 34 roads, town or village signs.
Their remarkable blue tour of Britain saw them trek through at least 25 counties on each of the north, east, south and west coasts.
The trip took six years for 34-year-old Andy, from Aberdeen, to meticulously map out.
He dreamed up the idea after he drove past a place called South Gash, in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire in 2013 with his brother Magnus, 32, from Edinburgh.
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Andy says he couldn’t help but laugh at a South Gash signpost and ever since that day has researched the location of other hilariously named places.
He then went on to painstakingly map out a route, incorporating 34 stops in almost every corner of Britain.
“I always enjoy going out of my way to have fun and to take things too far”, said audio engineer Andy. "It was a lot of fun and we actually saw a lot of interesting places.
“It was a bit of a slog towards the end and it was dark when we got to some places. But never at any point did we get bored.
“I’d say it’s definitely an alternative was to see Britain. We just found it hilarious. We laughed our asses off at each place and that says a lot
about us.”
Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire Pic GoogleMaps
Andy and software developer Magnus set off on their journey from Bellenden Gardens, in Edinburgh, on Friday morning.
Andy chipped away at planning his route on a monthly basis over the six years, before finally packing up a few belongings, snacks for the road and money for cash for fuel.
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He says the trip saw they visit some of the country’s prettiest places. The most picturesque places for him were Poundbottom and Sandyballs in the New Forest.
Andy said: “I’ve had the idea for six years now. I insisted we stopped at South Gash to take a photo but Magnus didn’t fancy it.
“That led to an obsession for places with funny names and six years later Magnus decided to make it up to me.
“He saw the funny side of it eventually.”
Andy’s route is so well mapped out that it only took the pair between 60 and 90 minutes to drive between each stop.
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He said: “We went right down the west coast, along the south coast and up the east coast of England.
“We have got a childish and immature sense of humour. This is something we can tick off our bucket list.”
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