Wales

[Duke Malcolm]

Yes, Wales. I leave on the 932 train to Warrington Bank Quay, whence I take the train to Llandudno Junction, and thence Blaenau Ffestiniog. From there I make my way to the hostel at Minffordd to volunteer for a week on the Ffestiniog Railways! Huzzah!
This is all for, of course, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and that glorious gold award of His...

And I shan't be home that splendid afternoon when the trusty Royal Mail Postman decides to deliver the envelope containt my exam results because of this.
And I start school the Monday after.
And I just finished my summer job of a research project at the Scottish Crop Research Institure today.

Just thought I would share with you my summer holidays...

[Vladimir]

Longbows. Wait! Are we doing word association?

[The_Doctor]

Have you ever been to Wales before?

[Somebody Else]

My condolences.

[InsaneApache]

Watch out for the leeks. You should take your pet haggis with you to ward them off. If they get too close you may have to set the haggis onto them.

[Red Peasant]

Oh come on, nobody's mentioned sheep yet!

[Justiciar]

Blaenu Ffestinog.. Llandudno.. You've got to admit, if they've got nothing else, their place names kick ass.

[InsaneApache]

Yes but you have to pronounce them as though you smoke 100 fags a day with the resulting catarrh in the back if the throat.

As for the sheep, stay clear, one of the buggers attacked my dog when I was in Borth about 8 years ago. True.

Anyhow wearing wellies should make them stay away, if not try shouting mint sauce at them, that usually worries them enough to keep away.

BTW RP you do know which city isthe capital of North Wales?

[Mithras]

Personally I recomend visiting llangollen it's a really nice ye olde tourist town with large chunks of countryside and mountains to explore. Be sure to leave before night it tends to get a little rough after dark.

Oh come on, nobody's mentioned sheep yet!

In all honesty we welsh have always been a bit perplexed about this, since their doesnt appear to be any internal cause of this steriotype. (unlike say....fat americans or snooty frenchman). It's a Cultural joke within wales becouse the statement is so .

[Ianofsmeg16]

Never been to Wales myself, the closest I've been is the Marches. But it looks like a beautiful Country and i hope you have a great time.

[Red Peasant]

Well IA, I can't blame anyone for wanting Liverpool as their capital. She has often been referred to as the second capital of Ireland as well. Whereas, who'd want Manchester as their capital?

Like the old Lancashire saying goes, 'Salford Lads, Manchester Men, Liverpool Gentlemen'

[GoreBag]

Mint sauce....mang, am I glad I don't work at a British importer anymore.

[English assassin]

Mint sauce....mang, am I glad I don't work at a British importer anymore.

How many British did you import, and what did people want them for? Was it theme parks?

Anyway, we don't all like mint sauce. Lamb needs a smear of colmans English mustard and that's all IMHO. If you must have mint with it put it in a Pimms and drink it is my advice.

Leaving aside the sheep thing, I like Wales, although moving a Scotsman to Wales for a week for his Duke of Edinburgh to work on a mountain railway sounds like coals to Newcastle to me. Surely they should have sent him to Devon to serve cream teas or something?

[GoreBag]

How many British did you import, and what did people want them for? Was it theme parks?

Depends. I think the budget was a few thousand per order, but the overhead was particularly low. It wasn't my business to wonder about the wherefores, though.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Lamb needs a smear of colmans English mustard and that's all IMHO.

You're joking, right? Mustard is for beef, and nowt else. You'll be telling me you eat pork with horseradish next.

On a somewhat related note-is anyone else slightly disturbed by the new squeezy Colman's? It just doesn't seem right.

[Papewaio]

IMDHO

If you need sauce with meat to make it palatable it just means the meat is:

a) Inferior.
b) Not fresh.
c) Improperly prepared.
d) All of the above.

Now if it tastes great without a sauce or marinade it will taste even better with a properly matched one (type of meat, cut, cooking style, other foods and beverages).

[English assassin]

Depends. I think the budget was a few thousand per order, but the overhead was particularly low. It wasn't my business to wonder about the wherefores, though.

Hmm, are you sure they weren't entering the food chain? Only what with BSE British aren't generally thought to be fit for human consumption. This wasn't one of those scams where they were rebranded as high-grade Germans and sold on at three times the price was it? I think the FDA should be alerted.

BKS, mustard is for everything. What's this beef only nonsense, what about ham? Sausages? Pork chops. And, yes, lamb. You are dead right about squeezy Colmans though, that's plain wrong. Its like finding marmite in a tube.

[edyzmedieval]

Hope you enjoy your sheepy holiday Duke.

Never been to Wales, although I want to. Especially the phantoms which form phalanxes in the middle of the night.

[GoreBag]

Hmm, are you sure they weren't entering the food chain? Only what with BSE British aren't generally thought to be fit for human consumption. This wasn't one of those scams where they were rebranded as high-grade Germans and sold on at three times the price was it? I think the FDA should be alerted.

I can assure you, to the best of my ability, they were British and being labelled as British. If, indeed, there was some kind of confusion, it was not on my part. If they were indeed being eaten, then I suppose that's the prerogative of the consumer, even though I'm sure one could find a more tender, prepubescent Mediterranean (veal, right) for only a marginal increase. Personal preference, I suppose.

[InsaneApache]

No.The Brits taste like Le rosbif, it's the French who taste like veal...you know with living in cages an'stuff like that.

I blame Napoleon.

[GoreBag]

Ha. Are you claiming that even British children are tough?

[English assassin]

Ha. Are you claiming that even British children are tough?

You haven't been to Chatham, have you?

Give then at least three hours in a low oven pot roasted in a red wine sauce and they should be OK though.

[Oaty]

Anyway, we don't all like mint sauce. Lamb needs a smear of colmans English mustard and that's all IMHO.

And I thoguht the sheep were for a different purpose. Do people actually eat these buggars?

[InsaneApache]

And I thoguht the sheep were for a different purpose. Do people actually eat these buggars?

No. They eat the sheep.

[GoreBag]

You haven't been to Chatham, have you?

Give then at least three hours in a low oven pot roasted in a red wine sauce and they should be OK though.

Thank you kindly. I'll keep it in mind.

[lars573]

IMDHO

If you need sauce with meat to make it palatable it just means the meat is:

a) Inferior.
b) Not fresh.
c) Improperly prepared.
d) All of the above.

Now if it tastes great without a sauce or marinade it will taste even better with a properly matched one (type of meat, cut, cooking style, other foods and beverages).

Very ture but you should add an e.
e)You don't like it.

Evidence, you can't see the fried haddock on my plate that mom serves as it's drowned in generic brand sweet and sour sauce. I can't stand white fish.

[Duke Malcolm]

There was an awful lot of sheep in Wales...

It was mostly English people who worked on and visited the Railway (with the occassional American mistaking a nuclear power station for Harlech Castle).

Mint sauce is a must with lamb...