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[Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons)]

Looks lovely Snoops bet you'll be having an early night now.

[Snoopy]

Llyn Brenig


This map shows Llyn Brenig or Lake Brenig in English. Brenig is located high on the Denbigh moors in North Wales between the towns of Cerrigydrudion to the south, Ruthin to the East and the town of Denbigh to the North. The Alwen reservoir and a group of smaller lakes including Llyn Alwen, Llyn Aled and Llyn Bran are close by. The hills of Moel Llyn (448m), Bryn Trillyn (496m), Gorsedd Bran (518m) and Craig Bron Branog (501m) stand sentinel nearby on the bleak Denbigh moors. Surprisingly, considering it's isolated position, the area has had periods of occupation over several thousand years, with archaeological evidence of settlements, cairns and ancient burial chambers dotted about the moorland landscape of Llyn Brenig.

Today the signs of human habitation are the Visitor Centre and Cafe, the Car Park and Children's Play Area. But they are not over obtrusive in the landscape of Brenig.

The lake itself, or reservoir, is over 900 acres and is the largest in Wales in terms of area covered. It has a perimeter of some 14 miles which makes it ideal for the Mountain Bike Trails around the Lake. And whether you enjoy mountain biking, fishing, watersports, or simply walking you will find plenty to keep you and the family occupied at Llyn Brenig. There are restrictions on the lake however which, although permitting sailing, windsurfing, rafting and canoeing, do prevent the use of those noisy jet-skis and power boats.

[tel]

Off to see my dad. He had another fall yesterday and has bruised his ribs.

He calls me to tell me what happened (A&E etc) and when I call my sister, whos he hasn't told, she goes ballistic at me, as though it's my fault!

[Barman]

Off to see my dad. He had another fall yesterday and has bruised his ribs.

He calls me to tell me what happened (A&E etc) and when I call my sister, whos he hasn't told, she goes ballistic at me, as though it's my fault!

 

Been there...

Hope he is okay...

[Snoopy]

I've spent most of the day here:

Looks lovely Snoopy, where is it?

I'm guessing.  

Llyn Brenig near Ceregadridion (sp)?

Correctomondo on the place!

Ceregadridion = Cerrigydrudion

Spell it? I can't even say it!

Your spelling is closer to the pronunciation than the Welsh spelling is all I know.

[Nick]

Feeling poorly and going back to bed 

[Snoopy]

Too much of a good thing?

[Barman]

Feeling poorly and going back to bed 

Poor you - wasssuuuupppp....?

[Uncle Mort]

Perhaps he got a Glaswegian kiss yesterday. 

[Barman]

Perhaps he got a Glaswegian kiss yesterday. 

 

[GROWLER]

I've spent most of the day here:

Looks lovely Snoopy, where is it?

I'm guessing.  

Llyn Brenig near Ceregadridion (sp)?

Correctomondo on the place!

Ceregadridion = Cerrigydrudion

Spell it? I can't even say it!

Your spelling is closer to the pronunciation than the Welsh spelling is all I know.

I'm getting SO close to blowing a gasket with the Welsh and their language at the moment.

Here's me, daring to think and imagine that the national language of Britain is in fact English too. 

I'll have to kepp my mouth shut, which I'm finding exceedingly difficult at the moment, but I fear a full outbreak of nationalistic war if I DARE  say anyhing remotely negative about their 'native' tounge and the difficulties and inconvieniece it is causing me presently.

[Miss Demeanour]

Feeling poorly and going back to bed 

Oh dear ...is this still the cold and bungupedness ???

[Snoopy]

I've spent most of the day here:

Looks lovely Snoopy, where is it?

I'm guessing. 

Llyn Brenig near Ceregadridion (sp)?

Correctomondo on the place!

Ceregadridion = Cerrigydrudion

Spell it? I can't even say it!

Your spelling is closer to the pronunciation than the Welsh spelling is all I know.

I'm getting SO close to blowing a gasket with the Welsh and their language at the moment.

Here's me, daring to think and imagine that the national language of Britain is in fact English too. 

I'll have to kepp my mouth shut, which I'm finding exceedingly difficult at the moment, but I fear a full outbreak of nationalistic war if I DARE  say anyhing remotely negative about their 'native' tounge and the difficulties and inconvieniece it is causing me presently.

Unfortunately they have the "Welsh Language Act" to hide behind which says that ALL "official" bodies such as Government Agencies, Schools etc in Wales must use it.

Personally I tend to ignore it on the grounds that, in a country where every other person is called Jones or Jenkins but there is no J in the Welsh alphabet, the language cannot be taken seriously.

You want to try dialling 999 when you have to listen to them in Welsh for a full two minutes before they say "Which service do you require, Police, Fire or Ambulance?".
As for calling the County Council 

Because I have a Welsh STD code and my phone calls go through a Welsh exchange all options are spoken in Welsh before I can get through to anyone. A Welsh post code means that all communications from DVLA, the Water Board, the Post Office, the BBC et al have twice as many pages as they send them both languages. 

You cannot work for Local Government or many companies in Wales unless you either speak the language or sign that you are willing to go on a course to learn to speak it.

SWWLTBO does not have a single Welsh speaker among her 80+ students but has to say Good Morning/Afternoon etc at the beginning of each lesson in Welsh and Goodbye in Welsh at the end.

Out of 2000 + residents in this village only about 50 are fluent in Welsh and they all speak English.
The last census for this area gave all the usual options for Nationality except English. We have to be British but the Welsh can put "Welsh" ..... only 10% did so!

[Nick]

I have been invited round to "meet" my  sister's new rescue cat. That would be the one that has spent the last week biting her and spitting at her 

[Snoopy]

Feeling Feline better?