Over 700 miles, 4 days and a Desmosedici

Over 700 miles, 4 days and a Desmosedici

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black-k1

11,889 posts

228 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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moanthebairns said:
theshrew said:
LoonR1 said:
Wales is beautiful, just a shame it's full of Welshies.
They dont have much love for us either.
Absolutely no one likes the English. Sorry its a fact.
Not a problem as the English love themselves enough to make up for it! wink

Good thread OP.

MotorsportTom

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3,318 posts

160 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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theshrew said:
They dont have much love for us either. Last time i went i stopped at Betws y coed for a Slush biggrin I love the way some of them convert to talking in Welsh when the realise your English idearolleyeslaugh

As you say its beautiful and fantastic roads. If the weather stays like this i will be going for a ride next week.


It doesn't bother me, it's their language so leave them to it, even though it's st.

I must admit the trip I had has made me want to move to Wales. The roads and scenery make the crap language tolerable imo.

Any idea where you'll go?

moanthebairns

17,918 posts

197 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Prof Prolapse said:
theshrew said:
They dont have much love for us either. Last time i went i stopped at Betws y coed for a Slush biggrin I love the way some of them convert to talking in Welsh when the realise your English idearolleyeslaugh
I used to hate that when I lived in Wales.

Mostly because I'm Welsh but don't speak it. Made me feel like a right tit.
I have travelled far and wide across Scotland and I have never met anyone who could speak Gaelic.

That said I've been to Aberdeen where I cant understand a fking word they say.

topsprayer

211 posts

133 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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surely only up in gog land? Lived in South Wales (Swansea) for 9 years and every summer as a kid and never had that happened to me. Most Welsh don't speak Welsh!!

theshrew

6,008 posts

183 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Prof Prolapse said:
I used to hate that when I lived in Wales.

Mostly because I'm Welsh but don't speak it. Made me feel like a right tit.
Do they think all English people are that interested in what they are saying wobble Certainly some funny types in North Wales.


Prof Prolapse

16,160 posts

189 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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moanthebairns said:
I have travelled far and wide across Scotland and I have never met anyone who could speak Gaelic.

That said I've been to Aberdeen where I cant understand a fking word they say.
Thing is Gaelic is a dead language of the highlands. There's only about 15,000 people speak it. As much as Scottish governments love to write it on things for the benefit of tourists you never even spoke it the lowlands. During the Victorian times there was an element of jealousy from the increasingly romantic and wealthy lowlanders, and "Scots" was formalised as a language of the lowlands despite it just being a bastardised form of English.

Welsh is by contrast is actually a proper language, 1 in 5 people speak it as their first language, not just because someone told them to learn it or it's patriotic. I had mates growing up who's English was st because it wasn't their first language. It's actually quite a slur not to speak Welsh as it's something that was guarded quite closely as a point of pride in Welsh history.

So I'm told anyway. Personally though I think they're all wkers.

Prof Prolapse

16,160 posts

189 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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theshrew said:
Do they think all English people are that interested in what they are saying wobble Certainly some funny types in North Wales.
There used to be an old farmer by my house who used to stand by the road with a sign saying "fk off you English".

Curiously there was no Welsh translation under it.

theshrew

6,008 posts

183 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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MotorsportTom said:
It doesn't bother me, it's their language so leave them to it, even though it's st.

I must admit the trip I had has made me want to move to Wales. The roads and scenery make the crap language tolerable imo.

Any idea where you'll go?
Apparently you can go and stand on a valley at the same level as the fighter jets doing low level flying during the week. I might try and find out about that and have a ride out. Depends where it is as I will have to be back in time to pick my daughter up from school.

If it's to far it will just be around Bala sort of area I think.

moanthebairns

17,918 posts

197 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Prof Prolapse said:
moanthebairns said:
I have travelled far and wide across Scotland and I have never met anyone who could speak Gaelic.

That said I've been to Aberdeen where I cant understand a fking word they say.
Thing is Gaelic is a dead language of the highlands. There's only about 15,000 people speak it. As much as Scottish governments love to write it on things for the benefit of tourists you never even spoke it the lowlands. During the Victorian times there was an element of jealousy from the increasingly romantic and wealthy lowlanders, and "Scots" was formalised as a language of the lowlands despite it just being a bastardised form of English.

Welsh is by contrast is actually a proper language, 1 in 5 people speak it as their first language, not just because someone told them to learn it or it's patriotic. I had mates growing up who's English was st because it wasn't their first language. It's actually quite a slur not to speak Welsh as it's something that was guarded quite closely as a point of pride in Welsh history.

So I'm told anyway. Personally though I think they're all wkers.
This is the closest I've ever seen to a true depiction of a Scot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi-JlvBCl3A

theshrew

6,008 posts

183 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Prof Prolapse said:
There used to be an old farmer by my house who used to stand by the road with a sign saying "fk off you English".

Curiously there was no Welsh translation under it.
laugh

LoonR1

26,988 posts

176 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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The Welsh language is only spoken in North Wales by people who sound either Scouse or Manc when speaking English. People who have a Welsh accent sant speak Welsh bizarrely as they're usually from the South.

Yaki Dah

peterg1955

746 posts

163 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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theshrew said:
Apparently you can go and stand on a valley at the same level as the fighter jets doing low level flying during the week. I might try and find out about that and have a ride out. Depends where it is as I will have to be back in time to pick my daughter up from school.

If it's to far it will just be around Bala sort of area I think.
It's called the Mach Loop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_Loop there are forums devoted to photos taken looking down on Typhoons and the like cool

theshrew

6,008 posts

183 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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peterg1955 said:
It's called the Mach Loop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_Loop there are forums devoted to photos taken looking down on Typhoons and the like cool
Nice one thanks for that bow

MotorsportTom

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3,318 posts

160 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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theshrew said:
Nice one thanks for that bow
Seconded!

Now I have a reason to go back in a hurry hehe

theshrew

6,008 posts

183 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Never mind that get Part 3 done biggrin

MotorsportTom

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160 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Patience young padawan biggrin

There's a good reason part 3 isn't going up yet, I haven't got enough pictures!

s3fella

10,524 posts

186 months

Thursday 11th September 2014
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MotorsportTom said:
Patience young padawan biggrin

There's a good reason part 3 isn't going up yet, I haven't got enough pictures!
Did you need a wide angle lens to get the chicken strips from the Desmosedici in frame?

Deranged Granny

2,313 posts

167 months

Thursday 11th September 2014
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s3fella said:
MotorsportTom said:
Patience young padawan biggrin

There's a good reason part 3 isn't going up yet, I haven't got enough pictures!
Did you need a wide angle lens to get the chicken strips from the Desmosedici in frame?

Yazza54

18,464 posts

180 months

Thursday 11th September 2014
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MotorsportTom said:


I'm ste with road names etc, but from the looks of it I've been there too and it is stunning.


MotorsportTom

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160 months

Thursday 11th September 2014
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Yazza54 said:
I'm ste with road names etc, but from the looks of it I've been there too and it is stunning.

Afraid it's not the same one yazza, or at least not on the same section of that road. I didn't ride it all so can't say for sure.

The view I had only had a little river at the bottom.
Wherever yours is it looks ace!