We launched Big Bertha rockets from the playground, and from the grassy hill, we dreamed of floating amongst the stars.

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Climb to the top of the grassy hill to enjoy the lovely view of Lake Union and the Space Needle.

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In Gloucestershire, the common athletic pursuit of sprinting is enlivened by the addition of a steep grassy hill and an 8lb wheel of Double Gloucester cheese.

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According to legend, Guinevere, daughter of the Welsh giant Gorgyrfan Gawr, became betrothed to Arthur on hill's grassy slopes.

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The weathered, silvery stone ruins scattered across the grassy, 158m-high Hill of Slane today include a foundational outline of a church, a round tower and a monastery associated with St Erc, and a later Norman motte and bailey on the hill's western side, built by Archembald Fleming, who came to Ireland with Henry II in 1171.

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