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  • Flash Story Showcase - 20/11/2019 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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Blog: All about walking

  • In the footsteps of literary greats October 15, 2019
  • So that was September October 1, 2019
  • What’s your opinion of a place? September 19, 2019
  • Midamble – midway on our life’s journey September 13, 2019
  • Sound Walk Sunday 2019 – Who are the producers – Babak Fakhamzadeh August 21, 2019
Slape

To ‘slape’ off…slippery, also from Icelandic – to become fee, to escape, to get off.
It is thought possible that the Yorkshire dialect forms had the early meaning ‘to slip away’. Also in Yorkshire – slape ale is a free ale or a beer bought for you by someone else.

Submitted by: Karen Smith

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