SteveStrummerUK
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Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
Dear Welshfolk I watched one of your recent TV adverts and you convinced me that the Land of my Fathers is indeed a wonderful place to visit. So yesterday, me and my two kids spent the best part of a day in the beautiful Elan and Claerwen Valleys, a favourite spot of mine from when I was young myself: This morning, however, I noticed that my car is absolutely bloody filthy. Now, going back to your advert, I distinctly remember you saying that, and I quote: "You can't have our mud.... it's good mud". Bearing this in mind I'd be more than happy if one of you could pop over the border and reclaim your property - I can provide warm water and a sponge. Thanks in advance Steve
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/18 21:08:07
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Steve , a Victoria sponge ? wash ya own car.. or wait for it to rain Tom Jones stopped dying his hair, dunno if you saw the brits.. he should be happy to have hair.. I'm half his age and it's not long till it's all gone.
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/18 21:59:19
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Wales has such a bad reputation in the world. It is such a shame because it is a lovely country and the people I met were all wonderful. However, as a result of their reputation in gambling - I never ever bet with someone from Wales. No one is going to Welch on me. Or was that about Lawerence Welch? Or Raquel Welch? Or Welches Grape Juice? I am not sure. I never gamble with any of them either. Just choking with you guys. My family is from Inverness 3 generations back. While I have never been to Wales, I have been to Scooter-land a ton of times. If the Welsh are anything like the Scots, they would be great people to hang out with.
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SteveStrummerUK
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 04:26:30
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ORIGINAL: Fog wash ya own car.. or wait for it to rain No - it was the Welsh rain that caused the Welsh mud that currently is lying about a half inch thick on my motor. Worse still, it smells of sheep sh1t Apparently the Elan Valley was chosen to create the reservoirs that provide Birmingham with water because it rains up there, on average, 417 days a year This fact in itself makes my photos above extremely rare - what with the sun and the blue skies
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 04:58:50
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This fact in itself makes my photos above extremely rare - what with the sun and the blue skies True oh how true, once spent 9 days in Wales, of which it rained for 8 and 1 half.
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SteveStrummerUK
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 05:38:28
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ORIGINAL: Wookiee This fact in itself makes my photos above extremely rare - what with the sun and the blue skies True oh how true, once spent 9 days in Wales, of which it rained for 8 and 1 half. LOL - it probably snowed the other half day 'eh John
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 06:29:21
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Apparently the Elan Valley was chosen to create the reservoirs that provide Birmingham with water because it rains up there, on average, 417 days a year Blimey, does that mean it's sunny the other 95 days. Apparently they don't like it when there is a drought and they are on standpipes and the brummies are cleaning their cars with hoses, for some doubtlessly selfish reason.
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 06:39:49
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True oh how true, once spent 9 days in Wales, of which it rained for 8 and 1 half. I spent a week in Wales in the summer of 1976 (the worst drought in British history) and remember thinking on the way there at least it wont rain this time. It started tipping down half an hour after I got there and never stopped all week!
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SteveStrummerUK
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 07:26:33
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ORIGINAL: jeffb63 True oh how true, once spent 9 days in Wales, of which it rained for 8 and 1 half. I spent a week in Wales in the summer of 1976 (the worst drought in British history) and remember thinking on the way there at least it wont rain this time. It started tipping down half an hour after I got there and never stopped all week! That's Wales for you Jeff
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 08:09:34
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Hard luck. I spent 2 weeks near Portmadoc in 1976 and it was just wonderful all the time. I also really like the Elan Valleys and I think if you can see the dams when they're cascading water over their rims it's amazing. Steve, I always make sure my car is fully laden with Gloucestershire 'mud' when I take a trip over the Severn Bridge so hopefully that helps redress the balance. Phil
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 08:27:43
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We spent a few days down in South Wales a couple of years ago, and had the pleasure of driving through (quickly) delightful little places like Maesteg, Merthyr Tydfill & Ebbw Vale. We came home early, after 2 days.
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SteveStrummerUK
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 08:47:23
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ORIGINAL: edentowers I also really like the Elan Valleys and I think if you can see the dams when they're cascading water over their rims it's amazing. I agree Phil - the lowest dam was overflowing, I didn't post a pic because it was quite grey... but here you go: All the others were just inches away but judging by the amount coming through the sluices this might have been done deliberately - the hydro-electric generators were certainly running at full.
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 10:58:39
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Hard luck. I spent 2 weeks near Portmadoc in 1976 Well that is strange because the day it did not rain, we had a Trip at Portmadoc. I do hope the above sententence reads properly and does not give the wrong Idea. Well nevermind 1974 was hazy, thinking about it most of the 70's are hazy.
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 11:39:21
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Wookiee, I hope that your trip to Porthmadog included a trip on the FFestiniog Railway enjoyed in the comfort of the observation coach with best bitter on tap. Most civilised. Steve, great photos. I really wish there was a web cam that showed the state of the dams so you plan a trip when conditions were good. Phil
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 11:55:47
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ORIGINAL: edentowers Wookiee, I hope that your trip to Porthmadog included a trip on the FFestiniog Railway enjoyed in the comfort of the observation coach with best bitter on tap. Most civilised. Phil We did pay the railway a visit unfortunatly it was raining and very very foggy. But the bitter went down very smoothly after proper lubrication from the first 2 or so.
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SteveStrummerUK
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 12:34:56
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ORIGINAL: edentowers Steve, great photos. I really wish there was a web cam that showed the state of the dams so you plan a trip when conditions were good. Yeah, that would be very helpful Phil - if I fancy a photography trip up there, I take a bit of notice of the weather forecasts for Wales for a week or so. I got it absolutely right just once! Plenty of rain for a few days followed by a perfect sunny day - those pics are all on slide film, as soon as I get round to getting a scanner that can handle transparencies I'll be able to post 'em. There's a really interesting site that details how the reservoirs were planned out and the subsequent engineering work were undertaken. Even Sir Barnes Wallis did some experiments up there - not with an actual bouncing bomb but to test his theory that an explosion would have the most effect if happened as close to the face as possible (he blew up the 30ft high dam the original navvies built to provide water for the homes of the workers and their families). Here you go: http://history.powys.org.uk/history/rhayader/elanmenu.html
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 18:42:29
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Cheers Steve, an interesting site. Phil
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/19 19:06:46
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I never gamble with any of them either. I haven't placed a bet in 2244 days today. And yes, I'm counting.
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/22 09:20:11
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Well - nobody's bothered to come and get their mud back. I'm off to wash my own car. No, it's too late now....... Is it going to rain though? BTW I wasn't taking the mick out of the Welsh the other Dai
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/22 10:51:27
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ORIGINAL: Bristol_Jonesey We spent a few days down in South Wales a couple of years ago, and had the pleasure of driving through (quickly) delightful little places like Maesteg, Merthyr Tydfill & Ebbw Vale. We came home early, after 2 days. Merthyr is a dive now, used to be a very industrial town. Same as Ebbw tbh, used to have a massive british steel site that supplied the world with its metals. It also had a very good coal mine. Its gone down hill bad and now the recession is kicking in, town is empty, even on weekends. I've lived here most my life, but also spent a few years in newcastle, swansea, cardiff...always came back to ebbw. Its far from what people say of it, but it does definately seem daunting and a bit of a rough place to outsiders haha.
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/22 12:14:20
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Wales is a lovely part of England.
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/22 13:14:25
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I guess I've been blessed. I've visited Wales twice and both times the weather was wonderful. Except that being from Florida here in the USA, I never expected to freeze my ears off on the 4th of July.
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/22 18:33:53
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I used to go to port talbot.. to go to ireland errm rosslare (or was that the ireland side) anyways years ago my dad clipped the exhaust on the way up the ferry, so we ended up in wales for a few days waiting for a part.. although I got chatting to a woman at my car insurers , they are based there. She didn't want to hang up , but I did in case I got her in trouble with her bosses.. I did try to ring back another time and asked for her.. but hey .. my luck was out..
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SteveStrummerUK
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/23 03:20:40
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I once went to Bury St Edmunds... Complete and utter waste of time though. He was still alive
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SteveStrummerUK
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/27 15:55:27
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Half-time score: France 13 - Wales 13 What a game though. As a neutral Englishman I can only hope they both lose
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RE: Open Invitation to any Welsh Members
2009/02/27 16:46:28
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Full time: France 21 - 16 Wales The sound of Jonathan Davies whining is something I never tire of
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