Map gift for a thicko

[Louis Balfour]

A friend - actually a bright woman and successful US lawyer - has a problem with UK Geography.

I told her where I was living (Cambridge) and she said "ah, in Wales, right?" and more recently she has excitedly told me that she is going for a week to Dorset... in Wales.

It's her birthday soon and I want to buy her a gift - map book possibly- that will assist her with her lamentable knowledge of UK geography, or otherwise mock it mercilessly.

Any ideas?

[S13_Alan]

How about a jigsaw?

There's quite a few, depending on what suits!

https://www.alljigsawpuzzles.co.uk/collections/uk-...

https://www.happypuzzle.co.uk/family-puzzles-and-g...

[bobtail4x4]

how about a globe?

[QuartzDad]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marvellous-Great-British-...

[languagetimothy]

To be fair, apart from a handful I’d struggle to point out US cities on a blank map and even then id probably be out by a few hundred miles. However, if I was actually going to visit somewhere, I’d definitely look it up first, Dorset in her case.

[wolfracesonic]

Are you sure Dorsetlandshire isn’t in Wales?

[AW111]

wolfracesonic said:

Are you sure Dorsetlandshire isn’t in Wales?

Pronounced Doostershire?

[Riley Blue]

QuartzDad said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marvellous-Great-British-...

Was about to suggest the same. We've sent a few from their map range as presents and they've always been well received.

[Louis Balfour]

Riley Blue said:

QuartzDad said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marvellous-Great-British-...

Was about to suggest the same. We've sent a few from their map range as presents and they've always been well received.

That may yet be the winner.

[MarkwG]

AW111 said:

wolfracesonic said:

Are you sure Dorsetlandshire isn’t in Wales?

Pronounced Doostershire?

Certainly feels like Wales at the moment - the Wales we used to holiday in as a kid, still got the trench foot scars...

[CopperBolt]

No Muff on that map. Not technically in Great Britain I guess. They've got a diving club and produce t-shirts.

[Bodo]

Maybe this is available in printed form?

[dudleybloke]

[twing]

[sherman]

AA road map. Leather bound. Will be able to hide with all her other lawyer books.
https://amzn.eu/d/7wn4oPQ

[WrekinCrew]

Louis Balfour said:

A friend - actually a bright woman and successful US lawyer - has a problem with UK Geography.

I told her where I was living (Cambridge) and she said "ah, in Wales, right?"

The Latin for Wales was Cambria, so not an entirely unreasonable guess.

[JMGS4]

Just judging by US roadmaps it's no wonder that the you'alls have no sense of direction! Bought one when driving from north to south (Atlanta-Florida), absolutely idiotic how they lay out the pages. More for a maze than logical travel!!!

[CanAm]

CopperBolt said:

No Muff on that map. Not technically in Great Britain I guess. They've got a diving club and produce t-shirts.

Muff, or Magh to the locals, is in Co Donegal, the northernmost part of the Republic, so, as you've said, not in the UK.
Strangely, membership of the Diving Club far exceeds the population of the local community.