South wales

sheepsteeth

went camping near brecon this week and had an ace time.

south wales or atleast the bits of it that i saw was really good. nice people, nice pubs, dog friendly and stunning scenery.

i didnt do any riding but i will make sure i go back and i liked it so much i reckon i might end up living in south wales instead north wales.

I know there are a few south welsh types about here: am i looking at the place with rose tinted glasses or s it a good place to live?

YeehaaMcgee

I don't like it. Too many people, none of them speak my language, and the hills are too small. Also, the phone signal is terrible down there.
Much happier up North.
So THERE.

(but yes, there are some stunningly beautiful areas down there)

welshkev

Surely you're mistaken Yeehaa and are talking about north Wales (except the small hills bit) ;-)

I love south Wales, easy access pretty much everywhere, great places to ride, great scenery and still close to fairly large cities. I camped just outside Brecon a few weeks ago, only 40 mins drive from my place but was great :-)

sheepsteeth

i went to the "trericket mill" which was nice, but the road was noisy as bastardfuckingwellfuck. really suprised at how nice the area was though.

welshkev

Just looked where it is, yeah the a470 is a busy road, it's the 'main' road from north to south (or south to north depending which way you're driving :-))

It's about an hour from my place to there, but probably only about 30 miles :-)

cooldad

I just like shouting araf whenever I see it painted on the road. Took me a while to work out what it meant.

welshkev

cooldad wrote:

I just like shouting araf whenever I see it painted on the road. Took me a while to work out what it meant.

It's about the only welsh word I know, that and maes parcio :-)

cooldad

welshkev wrote:

cooldad wrote:

I just like shouting araf whenever I see it painted on the road. Took me a while to work out what it meant.

It's about the only welsh word I know, that and maes parcio :-)

I Googled it and this came up
Addawodd ei phrif weithredwr i mi y darperid maes parcio bysiau yn Dumballs Road
Must be where Yeehaa lives.

The Northern Monkey

I moved down here.... Nice place!

cooldad

The Northern Monkey wrote:

I moved down here.... used to be a nice place before that!

So I've heard.

YeehaaMcgee

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

I don't like it. Too many people, none of them speak my language, and the hills are too small. Also, the phone signal is terrible down there.

welshkev wrote:

Surely you're mistaken Yeehaa and are talking about north Wales (except the small hills bit) ;-)

Nope, definitely not.
I'm lucky enough to live about 5-10 minutes from the coast, and about 10-15 minutes from Snowdon. Not only that, but, despite living in a tiny quiet village, there's a properly large tescos and various other town necessities just 15 minutes up the road, as well as a well maintainted dual carriegway that joins the M6 if I want to go further afield. - so this place is both remote, but also well connected.
Can't fault it.
And virtually everyone here speaks my language. Hardly any of you buggers down South do.
North wins it for me.

luke7s

I visited North Wales a few weeks back, and camped bout 45 minures from Snowdon... But yes, North Wales is absoloutely stunning! Some big hills to climb, but that's what makes it fun ey?

cooldad

Port Mad Dog? Excellent name.

YeehaaMcgee

cooldad wrote:

Port Mad Dog? Excellent name.

Guess who the mad dog they named it after was 8)

Thewaylander

South wales has work which is the good bit.

But if i could north wales is the place.. but the whole of it is better than the rest of the country.

YeehaaMcgee

Your hole is better than any in the rest of the country, my little sugarplum.

cooldad

And explains your smelly helmet.

YeehaaMcgee

I'll smell your helmet in a minute.

Gazlar

I like wales, the valleys peoples I have met are friendly (apparently valleys girls can be very friendly) and I have got used to being addressed as Oh But.

My favouritest bit is still pembrokeshire though, as much as I love living in and around Cardiff, I will be trying to push on towards the wild west in a year or two.

The only problem with this country is welsh men called Kevin.

mcnultycop

I lived in Cardiff for 6 months with work, but spent a lot of time down there working for about 8 years. I loved South Wales, but then again I spent most of the time pissed on other people's money. Nothing ever happened though.

welshkev

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

I don't like it. Too many people, none of them speak my language, and the hills are too small. Also, the phone signal is terrible down there.

welshkev wrote:

Surely you're mistaken Yeehaa and are talking about north Wales (except the small hills bit) ;-)

Nope, definitely not.
I'm lucky enough to live about 5-10 minutes from the coast, and about 10-15 minutes from Snowdon. Not only that, but, despite living in a tiny quiet village, there's a properly large tescos and various other town necessities just 15 minutes up the road, as well as a well maintainted dual carriegway that joins the M6 if I want to go further afield. - so this place is both remote, but also well connected.
Can't fault it.
And virtually everyone here speaks my language. Hardly any of you buggers down South do.
North wins it for me.

It's Bangor your from isn't it? It is nice around there I must admit :-)

YeehaaMcgee

Near enough, yeah.

Squarepants

I like it, lived in the rhymney valley and Cardiff, like both. Same with everywhere you get good bit and bad bits, like has been said though great riding, friendly people on the whole and a half decent economy.

Just don't move to Merthyr

Gazlar

Squarepants wrote:

I like it, lived in the rhymney valley and Cardiff, like both. Same with everywhere you get good bit and bad bits, like has been said though great riding, friendly people on the whole and a half decent economy.

Just don't move to Merthyr

I dunno, Merthyr seems posh compared to Aberdare or Cwmbach

YeehaaMcgee

I've stayed in another Cwmbach - which is a village so small that it was literally just a guest house.

Gazlar

I hope the guest house was called "the Cwmbach and stay again"

I think the guest houses in the south Cwmbach offer methadone as the breakfast

YeehaaMcgee

This was kind of in the south. It was further south than Aberystwyth, anyway.