Can you answer this?

Q. Hi

I've got a question paper and can't find the answer to any of these questions.

Got any ideas?

There are a number of mountains/upland area's in the British Isles whose common names are not their original names. Do you know of any?
On which British mountain could you 'Thread The Needle'?
Where in Scotland would you find 'The Window'?

John, Exeter

NB. We would not normally publish questions like these - preferring the student to discover the answers for themselves - but after a suitable lapse of time we thought you might find them entertaining. Oh, and has anyone got any answers? Ed.

A. 1 Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) comes to mind as one. Several others have anglicised names, Buachaille Etive Mor is "The Buckle" to most of us without an understanding of Gaelic but I doubt if this is what is meant by the question. 2 The only needle to thread that I can call to mind is on Pulpit Route on Milestone buttress at the bottom of Tryfan. The route involves climbing through a hole and then on up; the rope effectively threading a needle. Napes Needle doesn't have an eye in so I doubt that one. 3 The Window is a saddle on Creag Meagaidh (Or "Craig Meggy" to us saxonaches)

Brian Ashley, Welshpool

A. Not sure about the other two questions - but is the needle Napes Needle on Great Gable? Or is it The Needles off the coast of the Isle of Wight?

Dave Mcphatter, Nottingham

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