Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Yes, Cottered is lovely, but I'm never quite sure how to pronounce it. Bizarrely, as you drive through, you see a blue plaque for Sun Yat-sen of all people.
There are some lovely bits out this way, which makes it all the more mystifying that places like Watford and Cheshunt were allowed to happen in the same county.
I noticed that plaque for the first time yesterday, whilst debating with myself over the pronunciation of Cottered, at the same time listening to the story of Sun Yaoting, China's last eunuch. There's coincidence upon synchronicity, if you will.