Any Welsh people out there?

Because it seems that I'll spend my holidays in Wales this year. :)

You'll meet the legendary Darren, be afraid!

There's lovely for you isnet?

Chris Nash wrote: Katja - a bit of advice. The scenery is lovely, the food and beer are good, the people are very welcoming (if you're not English)but if it's cold, DON'T wear your 'fleece'...

Why not? Heavy rain?

Bere wrote: Because it seems that I'll spend my holidays in Wales this year. :)

Just out of interest, is this through choice? or is it a free holiday, or some punishment thing?, doing it for a bet etc etc

Come on, you'll be putting Bere off. It's actually a beautiful country but as has been said, make sure you take warm clothes (although last time I went, it was scorchio!)

Have a look for magic mushrooms in the Elan valley

Are There Any Welsh people out there? A question I've been asking myself a lot of late. Why the lack of lads and lasses from the hills and valleys of the principality? Couldn't they forgive New Order for "World In (Bowel) Motion", if us Jocks (Arrgh! ) and German's like Bere can forgive 'em then surely the Sheepshaggers, sorry the Welsh can! So why the lack of Welsh New Order fans?

PS Bere do yourself a favour and come to Scotland instead, it'll be just as wet, if not wetter. But this is God's own country, and the Scots don't have the same reserve as the English, and we know how to Party! And only our Aberdonians shag the sheep! (And even their art gallery [Aberdeen's] is unexpectedly excellent.) You can even stay in my spare room (free of course) I live in a small town halfway between Glasgow (a.k.a Heaven) and Edinburgh. And you never know; we may even meet John Higgins again when we go shopping!

PS plenty of mushies (magic mushrooms) in Auld Schottland

Wales is a lovely country, and the people can be incredibly friendly as well. All you have to do is try not to act too much like an English tourist (shouldn't be a problem!) visting what he still thinks is one of his colonies, and you will have a great time. Pembrokeshire is one of my favourite places in the whole world, fantastic beaches, great country pubs, good food, breathtaking scenery, and the Brecon Beacons are just perfect.

Yup, love Wales (my Dad lives there), but it does tend to get it's fair share of rain (although I did get sunburnt when I visited a couple of years ago - in March... )...

Whereabouts in Wales are you intending to visit? The north (Snowdon, Llandudno, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay), mid-Wales (Aberystwyth, Abaeron, Newtown, Welshpool, etc), or South Wales (Brecon Beacon or the cities - Swansea, Cardiff, etc)?

Snowdon and the Ffestiniog railways are a must visit, as is Brecon Beacon. I've visited Aberystwyth, Lampeter and Aberaeron a lot (near where my Dad lives), and the surrounding countryside/mountains/beaches are lovely there, too.

Silly people: you'll be down the mines and singing in Welsh mixed voice choirs before you can say, Boo!
If you listen to them.

[black](And I'd never say sterotypical nonsense.)[/black]

This is the link you want Visit Scotland!

Getafix! wrote: This is the link you want Visit Scotland!

Nah, it snows there!

I used to live in Wales,

okay,the Welsh side of Chester,but it was still Wales

I've swam with dolphins. Ok they're not Wales, but they're near enough

Oops

Yeah my Dad lives in Wales also.Been all round the country hundreds of times , especially the Elan valley , Rhayader , Llandridod Wells , that area.Can't stand Aberystwyth , yer better off goin to Borth , great beach and sand dunes a few miles along the coast from Aberystwyth.Think that's the beach Manic Street Preachers are standing on on the cover of their This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours album

Spent half me life in Wales and it bores me shitless / chills me out nicely in equal quantities

Nick King wrote:

Getafix! wrote: This is the link you want Visit Scotland!

Nah, it snows there!

What LIAR told you that!?

johnny wrote: Can't stand Aberystwyth , yer better off goin to Borth , great beach and sand dunes a few miles along the coast from Aberystwyth.Think that's the beach Manic Street Preachers are standing on on the cover of their This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours album

Yup, that's exactly where I got sunburnt!

Chris Nash wrote: On your album Nick?

Nah, at Borth - should have edited the quote a bit more! :p

Chris Nash wrote: On your album Nick?

Are you sure it wasn't a Simply Red album!?

Helluva a place to get sunburn!

To all the scottish people: I'm sure I'll be there someday, too. It's gonna be a round trip in a so called roof-tent-bus.

Adventure here I come :D .

Chris Nash wrote:

Bere wrote: To all the scottish people: I'm sure I'll be there someday, too. It's gonna be a round trip in a so called roo-tent-bus.

Adventure here I come :D .

I hate to say it, but that looks fun.

Aye, I was think that myself, almost Ken Kessy like. Magic Bus!**

Yeah the roof-tent-bus (Dachzeltbus) is fun. I was with that thing on Corsica and in Syria and Jordania. It's kind of a rolling youth hostel...

No problem mate I need a Holiday In The Sun!

But what do we call our bus?

I Wonder if Iain Banks would object to "Anticipation Of A New Lovers Arrival, The"

Bere wrote: To all the scottish people: I'm sure I'll be there someday, too. It's gonna be a round trip in a so called roof-tent-bus.

Adventure here I come :D .

Just dont park it up in Glasgow Bere,

yer roof-tent-bus,would become just bus

(minus the wheels) :bandit:

Gazman wrote:

Just dont park it up in Glasgow Bere, yer roof-tent-bus,would become just bus (minus the wheels) :bandit:

Fir fuck sake, you trying tay gie people the impression that we're awe Malkied up tea-leafs!

Getafix! wrote:

Gazman wrote:

Just dont park it up in Glasgow Bere, yer roof-tent-bus,would become just bus (minus the wheels) :bandit:

Fir fuck sake, you trying tay gie people the impression that we're awe Malkied up tea-leafs!

Impression?? Its a well known fact!

john dorian morgan is dead.

Animadversion wrote: john dorian morgan is dead.

eh? Come Again (Armagh)!?

W.T.F? & Who.T.F?

Getafix! wrote:

Animadversion wrote: john dorian morgan is dead.

eh? Come Again (Armagh)!?

W.T.F? & Who.T.F?

If you dont know who he is,

theres no point in telling you

Gazman wrote:

Getafix! wrote:

Animadversion wrote: john dorian morgan is dead.

eh? Come Again (Armagh)!?

W.T.F? & Who.T.F?

If you dont know who he is,

theres no point in telling you

Aye. If I've no heard a' him...

...he canny be worth knowing about!

:D

Visit that village that has the longest name in the world.

And don't forget to stop by at Tom Jones' birthplace in his hometown.

Getafix! wrote:

Gazman wrote:

Getafix! wrote:

Animadversion wrote: john dorian morgan is dead.

eh? Come Again (Armagh)!?

W.T.F? & Who.T.F?

If you dont know who he is,

theres no point in telling you

Aye. If I've no heard a' him...

...he canny be worth knowing about!

:D

Get tae yer bed

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!

But don't go there. Come to Scotland and vist Auchtermuchtery, but mind wear the fox hat!

And you must visit the Centre of Alternative Technology at Machynlleth. Very thought-provoking.

i love confusing people.lol.

Animadversion wrote: i love confusing people.lol.

You've done too much , much too young

Getafix! wrote: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!

Has that place not changed its name because nobody (apart from the Welsh) could pronounce it

My party trick is to pretend I can say it, I mumble for a few seconds and end in gog gog gog. I've always got a round of applause

Missy Jem wrote: My party trick is to pretend I can say it, I mumble for a few seconds and end in gog gog gog. I've always got a round of applause

kids parties eh!

Missy Jem wrote: I mumble for a few seconds and end in gog gog gog.

Isn't that how you sound anyway after a few drinks, Jem?

Snorri xxx

I can't understand why I've not opened this thread before because, unlike me, I have LOADS to say about Wales and the Welsh.

Firstly, you wanna watch it slagging off the Welsh. There's some pwopah nawty people from over there, as my Uncle Dufford would confirm

Secondly, I was born there so double watch it, okay? I've also spent a lot of my working life in different parts of Wales and, I'm proud to say, had sex with plenty of the women there. I fell in love with one of then and she was a ginger.

Thirdly, I was born in the worst bit of Wales I've ever been to: Holyhead. Like most port towns, they have their problems with the drugs and the unemployment but it's still not that bad. The other really shit bit of Wales is near Caerphilly - Merthyr Tydfil. Despite having a rotten reputation in them parts it's not as bad as areas of Britain. Not by a long way. And yes, Luton, it's you I'm speaking to.

(Where are we up to, ah four)

Fourthly, Anglesey has been fundamentally altered by the English holiday-homers and day-trippers from Cheshire and Manc. No question about that. But is it spoiled? Well it's a nice place away from the cities and money comes into the area so I don't really know. It's not proper Wales anyway. Proper Welsh don't drive Range Rovers.

Fifthly, it's impossible to generalise about Wales. The diversity that they over such a small area and relatively small population is unparalleled anywhere that I've ever been. And yet, somehow, they manage to be Welsh wherever you go.

Sixthly, Cardiff is one of the best nights out in the world. Newport, sadly, is not.

I've never met a Welshman I don't genuinely like and, again, I can't say that about anywhere else I've been in the world.

So big up Wales and the Welsh. I've just decided to add Wales to my list of places to go this year. Actually it was there anyway as my best mate owns a big house near Abersoch and it's ages since I've been.

Just out of interest, which part of Wales is the original poster going to?

Spent half my time in Wales as a kid.Enchanting place at that age.

Sexy accent on the lasses too (obviously that was a bit later on in life)

(Does My Arse Look) BIGINTHIS wrote: Just out of interest, which part of Wales is the original poster going to?

the Liverpool part - - Chester.

King John Honest John wrote:

(Does My Arse Look) BIGINTHIS wrote: Just out of interest, which part of Wales is the original poster going to?

the Liverpool part - - Chester.

Thats the bit I used to stay in

seriously though.

She should stay on a tent site in Rhyl. what a blast she'll have.

we also tend to call South Wales - Bristol.

and West Wales - Ireland.

King John Honest John wrote:

the Liverpool part - - Chester.

You know if you see a Welshman after dark in Chester and you have a crossbow you are obliged to shoot him with it.

Missy Jem wrote: My party trick is to pretend I can say it, I mumble for a few seconds and end in gog gog gog. I've always got a round of applause

An American couple were haivng a meal in a restaurant in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and they started to argue about the correct pronunciation of the town's name.

They decided to settle the argument by asking one of the staff.

"Excuse me lady" says the man "could you tell us the name of the place we're in."

"Yeah" adds his wife "and say it real slow so we can hear how ya say it."

The young girl smiled and said "Burr gurr kin g".

Do I win a subscription to Readers Digest?

No, but it is probably worth £40 for making me laugh!

Tim wrote: No, but it is probably worth £40 for making me laugh!

Yes, that and the 'na na yakki dah'

King John Honest John wrote: we also tend to call South Wales - Bristol.

watch it!

(Does My Arse Look) BIGINTHIS wrote:

King John Honest John wrote:

the Liverpool part - - Chester.

You know if you see a Welshman after dark in Chester and you have a crossbow you are obliged to shoot him with it.

we have a similar bye law in the centre of bristol - only here its not illegal to shoot a welshman in the centre after the ahours of daylight with a long bow.