Quite strange.

[Bren]

OH how can you call the Irish, Welsh neighbours there's a lot of water between them ( some nice people there as well)it must be England, where you can have one foot in Wales and the other in England, thats what I call neighbours.

Bren

[Bren]

Alan thank you for the explanation of Arfon, I can tell the neighbours what it means now when asked.

Bren

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Bren, you can't let a drop of water, stop you from having good neighbours.
And yes you are right there are many smashing people in Ireland, thinking about it i have relations that live in Co/ Kerry.
I must admit though England is a little closer.

[ian husker]

Alan...you conveniently forgot the next line to your parable...

When he had finished practicing by creating Wales he started on England

And then, having got the hang of it, He made SCOTLAND

[beefy]

And after all the trial and error He finished up with Ireland and put it just beside the rest so He could see the improvement.

[oldherbaceous]

Sorry about this, the last thing i wanted to start was a border divide.

[Johnboy]

As a total aside: what I find strange is that when it comes to the Censor Form time for the Welsh, Scottish and Irish they can state their nationality but apparently the English are not allowed to be English. We English have to class ourselves as British! Quite Strange don't you think!
JB.

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Johnboy, i think i find it more typical, than strange.

[alan refail]

'Fraid not so Johnboy.

In the last Census in 2001, if you lived in England and Wales you could only choose between British or Irish. That caused a lot of fuss in Wales, I can tell you. Only if you lived in Scotland and filled in the Scottish Census form could you tick Scottish. On both forms you could tick "Any Other White Background" and write in Welsh, English or, of course, French, Italian etc.

If you want to check:-

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/censusform.asp

and

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files/hseform.pdf

Alan

[submariner]

OH. It depends where you are going in Wales. There are certainly quite a few around here and the Carmarthen area. Glas Lyn, the Welsh botanical gardens, for starters.
Where ever it is you are going, I'm sure you will enjoy.

[alan refail]

OH

The boy's right you know
Here's a few for starters:-

http://www.onebiggarden.com/

http://www.gardensofwales.org.uk/

Mwyhewch dy wyliau - Enjoy your hols

Alan

[lizzie]

Could I be classed among this section of the forum then?

Liverpool is 30 minutes from the Welsh Borders and I'm half Welsh by birth? My daughter has a Welsh name too!

[alan refail]

Well Lizzie, Lerpwl is the capital of North Wales. Count yourself in

Alan

[oldherbaceous]

Thanks for the garden names and websites Gentlemen, i knew there had to be a lot about, and had been misinformed.
I shall be staying at New Quay, so all can be forewarned in advance of my presence, and make all the necessary evacuation plans.

[peter]

Alan...you conveniently forgot the next line to your parable...

When he had finished practicing by creating Wales he started on England

And then, having got the hang of it, He made SCOTLAND

Finally having gone wrong a bit with Scotland, he took all the best bits and made the Isle of Man.