Is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch worth a visit?

DColeman

Would you recommend it?

Charlie19

Yawn.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Just a village on Anglesey, nothing of great note there bar the place name signs.

Sofiztikated

DColeman wrote: »

Would you recommend it?

It's no Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, but it's not bad.

SEPT 23 1989

Past through the station manys the time

NIMAN

I think you missed an 'E' in that spelling.

odyssey06

ps I say this as someone who has been there! And I don't disagree with Blackadder's assessment below...

Blackadder:
Have you ever been to Wales, Baldrick?

Baldrick:
No, but I've often thought I'd like to.

Blackadder:
Well don't. It's a ghastly place. Huge gangs of tough, sinewy men roam the Valleys, terrorizing people with their close-harmony singing. You need half a pint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the place names. Never ask for directions in Wales, Baldrick. You'll be washing spit out of your hair for a fortnight.

Birneybau

That's easy for you to say

hairyslug

There's nothing in north west Wales worth a visit.

theguzman

hairyslug wrote: »

There's nothing in north west Wales worth a visit.

The Ferry port enroute to Ireland

branie2

Might have passed through it on my way to England.

downwesht

Itsokjustlikeanyotherwelshvillagereally!

harry Bailey esq

It's very seedy, especially by the station where the prostitutes hang around, so yes worth a weekend. Anymore than that and you'll run out of fresh sex workers to make sexytime with.

branie2

I believe Daffyd, the only gay in the village, or as he calls himself that, lives there.

DColeman

Charlie19 wrote: »

Yawn.

Not good then?

bassy

the shopping centre there is awesum

Llanfair is run of the mill, except for the signposts. Which I stole and hawked on the black market.

Anglesey is just a ferry ride away and it’s got a wealth of interesting places to visit: Plas Newydd stately home, Anglesey Sea Zoo, Parys Mountain copper mine walking trails, Beaumaris Cadtle & Gaol, Pili Pallas Nature World, Ynys Llanddwyn nature zone, beauty spot and beach,Foel Farm Park, Burial Chambers, lots of walks, Plas Cadmant Gardens, Melin Llynon Windmill, Swton Heritage Museum, Penmon Priory... the list is endless of places to visit.

franglan

Good filling station just off the A55, used to use the company fuel card there to fill up before heading home to paddyland.

ChikiChiki

Stopped there a couple of times on way back from Manchester. Decent visitor centre and cafe. Locals are sound out and will say the town name all day long for your entertainment.

I'd advise if you have a few hours free before the ferry spend it there over the ****hole that is holyhead.

Jessie Belle

Go for two weeks. You'll be wrecked for the first one from asking for directions.

Alun

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Anglesey is just a ferry ride away and it’s got a wealth of interesting places to visit: Plas Newydd stately home, Anglesey Sea Zoo, Parys Mountain copper mine walking trails, Beaumaris Cadtle & Gaol, Pili Pallas Nature World, Ynys Llanddwyn nature zone, beauty spot and beach,Foel Farm Park, Burial Chambers, lots of walks, Plas Cadmant Gardens, Melin Llynon Windmill, Swton Heritage Museum, Penmon Priory... the list is endless of places to visit.

Yes, apart from Holyhead which is a kip, the rest of Anglesey is actually quite nice. Most people coming off the ferry just drive straight through it which is a shame.

Jimbob1977

hairyslug wrote: »

There's nothing in north west Wales worth a visit.

Snowdonia National Park is stunning

milehip

hairyslug wrote: »

There's nothing in north west Wales worth a visit.

Portmeirion, location for the cult TV show the prisoner,
is both surreal and beautiful.

Capt'n Midnight

You can see it from the train as you are passing , just another Welsh village

PTH2009

Speaking of Fishguard

Remember went too Oakwood one summer for the day and on route back for the late ferry we had too got dropped off at some **** bowling alley that nobody wanted to go. Fishguard is a depressing place and the port is like something from ages past

4068ac1elhodqr

On the plus side they're holding off building yet another new Nuc Power Plant in Anglesey,
Sellafeild gave enough trouble over the years, without anymore glowing fish in the Irish Sea.

Arghus

Try saying it after a feed of pints.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO0UdpoxM

FanadMan

milehip wrote:

Portmeirion, location for the cult TV show the prisoner, is both surreal and beautiful.

That's one of my bucket list places to visit.

Been to Wales a few times but only for very short visits or driving through. Found everyone really nice and the scenery was amazing.

Would love to visit for a week or two and see it properly.

Alun

Brianna Tinkling Invoice wrote: »

On the plus side they're holding off building yet another new Nuc Power Plant in Anglesey,
Sellafeild gave enough trouble over the years, without anymore glowing fish in the Irish Sea.

Firstly there's been one there for several years already, which was operational between 1971 and 2012, which nobody here seemed to notice, despite it being closer to Dublin than Sellafield. The planned new one is a replacement for the existing one which will be decommissioned.

Secondly, Winscale/Sellafield was never a nuclear power plant, it's a nuclear fuel reprocessing and decommissioning site.

theteal

hairyslug wrote: »

There's nothing in north west Wales worth a visit.

I drive from London to Holyhead at least once a year. The north Wales stretch is easily the nicest part of the journey - actually quite spectacular in places before you actually get to Holyhead (that's a different story). There are definitely a few spots I'd like to visit.

Graces7

Deleted User wrote: »

Anglesey is just a ferry ride away and it’s got a wealth of interesting places to visit: Plas Newydd stately home, Anglesey Sea Zoo, Parys Mountain copper mine walking trails, Beaumaris Cadtle & Gaol, Pili Pallas Nature World, Ynys Llanddwyn nature zone, beauty spot and beach,Foel Farm Park, Burial Chambers, lots of walks, Plas Cadmant Gardens, Melin Llynon Windmill, Swton Heritage Museum, Penmon Priory... the list is endless of places to visit.

Thank you; lovely village indeed. Used to be over that way several times a year

silverharp

when youre done you could visit this organisation in Germany Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswer

sligojoek

I've the name of a welsh railway station tattoed along the length of my manhood.



































































F*cking Rhyl.

troyzer

Personally I prefer Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit.

Mint Sauce

hairyslug wrote: »

There's nothing in north west Wales worth a visit.

Was never so happy to see the Welcome To England sign last time I was there. Even though it was only the Travel Lodge outside Chester I was going to.

branie2

I stayed in Colwyn Bay when I was on holiday in North Wales. It's a lovely town.

Alun

hairyslug wrote: »

There's nothing in north west Wales worth a visit.

Utter nonsense. Angelsey is a lovely place outside of Holyhead, Snowdonia is in the North West last time I looked, and the Llyn peninsula is a hidden gem, very unspoilt, with some amazing beaches.

Admittedly if you're basing your opinions on what you can see for 50m out of your car windows either side of the A55/M56 as you race your way to Manchester then OK, but there's a whole other world out there far away from motorways.

theteal

theteal wrote: »

I drive from London to Holyhead at least once a year. The north Wales stretch is easily the nicest part of the journey - actually quite spectacular in places before you actually get to Holyhead (that's a different story). There are definitely a few spots I'd like to visit.

same here, but is it just me, or does it get longer and longer every time i do it?

It’s off Anglesey Island, but close by: the aviation museum at Cartnarfon (town notable for its Castle, worth a visit), which as an aviation anorak I enjoyed visiting very much. The jewel in the crown of my visit was a trip on board a historic De Havilland Rspide canvas bi-plane. In spite of it being a blustery day, the ride was most comfortable on board this beautiful aircraft of the type which Aer Lingus used on its first flights! The pilot discussed with me the nice easy handling qualities, and simplicity of the aircraft within its weather limitations. The views of the Mrnsi Strait and Anglesey were amazing, with spectacular views of the miles of ininhabitated, unspoilt land in the area of Llandwyn beach. Travelling solo in Wales, one is never short of people to enjoy s conversation with, and there are as many very quirky, lovely characters asvthere are in Ireland. Once in a hill area walk, I met a sheep farmer who had not s word of English but carried on a long conversation in Welsh with myself nodding to everything he might have said! The local lamb is delicious, and also the salt-marsh lamb in the south of Wales near Swansea.

theteal

Aegir wrote: »

same here, but is it just me, or does it get longer and longer every time i do it?

Yup, I felt the same until we had the little 'un. Now we have to plan in a couple of stops along the way and I must admit that it's a more comfortable journey for it, I'm not completely wrecked when in the queue for the boat.

JupiterKid

hairyslug wrote: »

There's nothing in north west Wales worth a visit.

Nothing? So Snowdonia National Park, Caernafon Castle and the Ffestinog historical railway to name a few are not worth even considering for a visit?

Church on Tuesday

Nothing there really to be honest, Colwyn bay is nice though and Wales in general.

Hector Savage

Sofiztikated wrote: »

It's no Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, but it's not bad.

Nothing beats fsdjjhergtio3j3iopgjefgjsdklfjsdklgjkljghlsdkjjgdfksghjklsahfjksdhgkjsdhjkshkjhgjkshgjkshkajlville though!!!

10/10

check it out on trip advisor!


edit - oh sh*t your place actually exists!!

Sorry!!

keano_afc

I was there when I was a kid, we were driving from Holyhead to Blackpool for a holiday. From what I remember, it was a kip, much like the rest of north Wales.

jmayo

Alun wrote: »

Firstly there's been one there for several years already, which was operational between 1971 and 2012, which nobody here seemed to notice, despite it being closer to Dublin than Sellafield. The planned new one is a replacement for the existing one which will be decommissioned.

Secondly, Winscale/Sellafield was never a nuclear power plant, it's a nuclear fuel reprocessing and decommissioning site.

Incorrect.

Sellafield incorporates Calder Hall which was officially UK's first nuclear power station and one of the world's first commercial power plants.

Windscale, or at least part of it, also generated electricity.

Thorp and Magnox were just reprocessing plants.

The whole thing has had more names than enough associated, probably to try not have all the bad negative connotations about leaks linked to the one name.

I have reason to know a fair bit about it.
Some people that were working there in 50s/60s only found out 30 years later that there had been leaks there at the time they were working there.
Britain's Official secrets Act used to endanger people.

4068ac1elhodqr

Agree with above, remember hearing about countless leak cover-ups from Sellafield, that were only disclosed years after occuring.

When you're moving and storing 40% of the worlds Plut' there is always going to be some risks involved. Even with £80bn and loads of experts involved in it.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530053-800-shocking-state-of-worlds-riskiest-nuclear-waste-site/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46038551

Different materials and storage types (inc 60yr old cracked concrete ponds), silos and piles - will all pose a risk for many generations to come.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/29/sellafield-nuclear-radioactive-risk-storage-ponds-fears

ToBeFrank123

I believe its called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllanty for short.

Alun

From what I can gather, Calder Hall's primary purpose wasn't really to produce electricity though, it's main purpose was plutonium production.

Still doesn't explain why Wylfa didn't attract an equal amount of attention though. I've spoken to people here who didn't even knew it existed, but knew all about Winscale/Sellafield etc.