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Stunning Pictures of Cymru Wales

And, since this thread is entitled "Stunning" photos (rather than, say, "Beautiful"), here's one of the new power station, taken from the north end of the Cleddau Bridge. My attention was grabbed by the columns of vapour that seemed to connect the chimneys to the sky, and the lowering clouds in the background. Hidden by the land in the foreground is the Valero refinery, and just around to the right of shot is where the LNG plant is. Through this harbour passes 25% of the UK's energy supplies.

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Nice pic. Puts me in mind of the time I convinced a visiting friend that the smoke coming out of the Port Talbot steelworks, the origin of which was handily hidden behind a hill on the horizon, was indeed Wales' last active volcano.
 
Heh ...arguments over landscape's........!!... There's tidy for you....!
Each to their own.

For me the joy of my local stretch is the solitude......out of the summer months and its weather ......I love to watch the fronts run up the channel , particularly when there are pulses of rain over the moors across the channel and I'm in sunshine. .....Have to dig them out laters....!

This is precisely what I love about Llantwit. It's the quality of the light you get between those pulses of rain as it dapples the sea with the mauvey clouds overhead that gets me every time.
 
Yes, and you've obviously glossed over the 'magnificent' in the 'magnificent protected coastline' bullet. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path being voted in the top three walks in the world is, of course, due to its wonderful linking up of local seafood restaurants rather than its traversing of what is otherwise a bland and rather uninspiring coastline. You're coming across as something of a plum, you know, not least in your refusal to acknowledge that which you've seen 'a bit of' and have no other faculty to judge by.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/a...onoured-alongside-Inca-Trail-Kilimanjaro.html

It's the third best walk in the world, because the Daily Mail says that some unreferenced online survey by a cheap flights agent says so? Are you serious? There are only two other walks on the entire planet that are better?

I think you need to get a bit of perspective.
 
Nice pic. Puts me in mind of the time I convinced a visiting friend that the smoke coming out of the Port Talbot steelworks, the origin of which was handily hidden behind a hill on the horizon, was indeed Wales' last active volcano.
We tell any credulous small relatives we can find (we're running out!) that it's where the Welsh Dragons live. It's a lie that works better after dark.
 
It's the third best walk in the world, because the Daily Mail says that some unreferenced online survey by a cheap flights agent says so? Are you serious? There are only two other walks on the entire planet that are better?

I think you need to get a bit of perspective.
I think you need to get your head out of your arse. There, now we're quits.
 
It's the third best walk in the world, because the Daily Mail says that some unreferenced online survey by a cheap flights agent says so? Are you serious? There are only two other walks on the entire planet that are better?

I think you need to get a bit of perspective.

I've now cited four sources of varying degrees of authority that would suggest that there is at least something special about the Pembrokeshire coast, and that that recognition is international. You, meanwhile, have carped from the sidelines based on your far-from extensive experience of 'some bits' of what is actually a fairly massive coastline.

I'd say that leaves you with a bit more work to do to make a mark with anything resembling a point.
 
I've now cited four sources of varying degrees of authority that would suggest that there is at least something special about the Pembrokeshire coast, and that that recognition is international. You, meanwhile, have carped from the sidelines based on your far-from extensive experience of 'some bits' of what is actually a fairly massive coastline.

I'd say that leaves you with a bit more work to do to make a mark with anything resembling a point.
I think you're onto a loser here, bendeus.

Going on past performance, teuchter has, as they say, Taken A Position (this is different from Assuming The Position, but that's mostly down to the position of the head - when a Position Is Assumed, the head is not normally inserted into the arse; when it is Taken, it is), and will be completely incapable of being persuaded, encouraged, or otherwise cajoled to change his view. In fact, the more we try to refute his arguments, the more he will cling to them, for teuchter suffers from a terrible affliction. An affliction known as "contrarian curmudgeonliness", in which the sufferer is beset by the urge not only to be curmudgeonly, but is congenitally incapable of agreeing with anything anyone says on a given subject.
 
You've not cited any sources that justify your claim of "world class seascapes". I'm sure it is a very nice bit of coastline and it may well be one of the best bits of coastline in the UK for people who like to walk predefined trails.

This reminds me of something that pops up now and again where some sunday paper announces it has determined Britain's best or most scenic rail journey. Almost invariably they decide it is the stretch at the northern end of the East Coast Main Line. Whether this is because they just recycle old stories, or because they ask people who haven't done that much rail travel in the UK I don't know. What I know is that I think that their decision is nonsense, and I can name journeys that I strongly maintain are superior. If someone asks me to justify that position I can explain why - not by googling for dodgy online survey results but by giving my specific reasons.

It would be more interesting if you could explain why the Pembrokeshire coast is significant in seascape terms in a worldwide context by giving some specific detail on what is so very remarkable about it.
 
It would be more interesting if you could explain why the Pembrokeshire coast is significant in seascape terms in a worldwide context by giving some specific detail on what is so very remarkable about it.
I expect it would. I'm going to go and find some more photographs to post.

I shall leave you with your regularly-scheduled grumpy curmudgeonliness. Have a nice evening.
 
I am likely to visit Pembrokeshire within the next 6 months or so and if so will be doing some coastal walking. I will report back with my full and authoritative review of its remarkableness relative to my extensive experience of walking other parts of the UK coast and then we can extrapolate from that the probable legitimacy of any claims of significance on the international stage.
 
be nice to the locals when you do visit now
and can we wait then for your pics and report before any more slagging?
yes? thanks
 
I am likely to visit Pembrokeshire within the next 6 months or so and if so will be doing some coastal walking. I will report back with my full and authoritative review of its remarkableness relative to my extensive experience of walking other parts of the UK coast and then we can extrapolate from that the probable legitimacy of any claims of significance on the international stage.
Jolly D. I plan to be on the Path a little myself in the next few months, so I shall look out for someone who looks like this:

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trudging along the path, too.

Don't bother learning any Welsh to talk to people on the southern part of the Coastal Path - this side of the Landsker Line, they speak English, which is handy for Saesneg like me. Once you pass the Landsker Line, somewhere about Newgale, you might encounter a few more "Bore das" and "Shw mae?"s. When you do, you will find this handy translation guide useful.

Prynhawn da - your mother smelled of onions, too.
Shw mae? - Call that a walking stick?
Dw i’n dy garu di - the next hill is a very steep one.
Pob lwc - don't fancy yours much.
Llongyfarchiadau - did you see the tits on her!
Hwyl - fuck off.
Dymuniadau da - I'd laugh if you twisted your ankle.
Pysgod y sglodion - you have a very ugly wife.
Twll dîn pob Sais! - Some of my best friends are English.
Cachau bant - Good morning, kind sir!
Cadwch Cymru yn lan. Danfonwch y sbwriel i Loegr! - Goodness, is that the time?
Moron - carrot.
Cau Dy wyneb a Ffwcio dy ewyrth! - have you tried the fine Welsh ales around these parts?
fy hofrenfad yn llawn o lyswennod - they said there was a brothel around here?

Hope this helps.
 
I am not a religious man, but there is a peace around St Davids - particularly in the environs of the cathedral - that is well worth going out of one's way to explore.

I think St David himself was a pragmatist, regardless of his faith: his most famous quotation was “Gwnewch y pethau bychain” – "do the small things".
 
I am not a religious man, but there is a peace around St Davids - particularly in the environs of the cathedral - that is well worth going out of one's way to explore.

I think St David himself was a pragmatist, regardless of his faith: his most famous quotation was “Gwnewch y pethau bychain” – "do the small things".

Couldn't agree more. It's a special area round there and does have a very strong sense of (ancient) serenity and calm.
 
I am likely to visit Pembrokeshire within the next 6 months or so and if so will be doing some coastal walking. I will report back with my full and authoritative review of its remarkableness relative to my extensive experience of walking other parts of the UK coast and then we can extrapolate from that the probable legitimacy of any claims of significance on the international stage.

Hope it fucking rains.
 
I am likely to visit Pembrokeshire within the next 6 months or so and if so will be doing some coastal walking. I will report back with my full and authoritative review of its remarkableness relative to my extensive experience of walking other parts of the UK coast and then we can extrapolate from that the probable legitimacy of any claims of significance on the international stage.

Can't ..... fucking ....wait. :facepalm:
 
I fear a reality check may be what you people need. It will be in your interests in the long run.


Moved back to Wales after 30 years in the east end.. Checking out all the reality that I need and more...!

This is in my best interest

I should have moved earlier
 
I fear a reality check may be what you people need. It will be in your interests in the long run.

I have absolutely no idea what this is supposed to mean. One can only surmise that, as a teuchter, you have had more than your share of midge bites and this has addled your brain.

I am astonished that you can assume the mantle of "fount of all knowledge" for yourself, and in a manner which allows you to talk incomprehensible, opinionated and subjective sheight.

Away and boil yer heid ya numptie.:rolleyes:
 
I have absolutely no idea what this is supposed to mean. One can only surmise that, as a teuchter, you have had more than your share of midge bites and this has addled your brain.

I am astonished that you can assume the mantle of "fount of all knowledge" for yourself, and in a manner which allows you to talk incomprehensible, opinionated and subjective sheight.

Away and boil yer heid ya numptie.:rolleyes:
I'm waiting for him to try out the Welsh I have so helpfully provided him with.
 
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