What's in a name?
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What's in a name?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 9, 202614 min
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Call it what you want, its quiz time for Samantha in Northumberland & Moira in Duns.

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Let's welcome Samantha Rogers up there in Northumberland.

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absolutely stunning. Isn't it just, yeah, gorgeous up here. Yes, I was up there filming in North

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. Let's welcome Samantha Rogers up there in Northumberland. Oh, what a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful part of the coastline. absolutely stunning. Isn't it just, yeah, gorgeous up here. Yes, I was up there filming in North

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umberland and we went to a castle on the coastline there. I can't remember what it was called but the beach was stunning and I would imagine on a day like we've had over the summer when it's baking hot there's nowhere better. Nowhere on earth better. I think there's 75 castles up here, so you can be forgiven for forgetting the name. Wow, 75. How many of those have

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you visited Samantha? Four or five I want to tick them all off but we'll get there eventually. Yeah very splendid up there. You like a bit of weight training? I do yes. Good. I started off so on my fitness journey because I wanted to lose weight I had a young son and I wanted to be a keep up with him basically and as the

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