https://www.yourweather.co.uk/weather_Oarwen-Europe-United+Kingdom-Blackburn+with+Darwen--1-126973.html
> If you put "rufous stiffney norfolk -stiffkey" into a Google search, you
> get 149 hits which all start "The rufous bush chat was spotted at
> Stiffney, Norfolk", mostly from news websites, including the BBC.
>
> Stiffney here is a mistake for Stiffkey, and it's a depressing example of
> how misinformation spreads on the internet. In 2008 I pointed out on this
> list that a mythical place called Oarwen was listed on many websites
> (really Darwen). It's still with us - you can still get directions to
> Oarwen, book a restaurant in Oarwen, or get a weather forecast.
>
> Keith
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