Moving tomorrow

[southall-1998_mk2]

Going to be moving tomorrow - Wales, Neath. Hope I like it!

Anyone here based near Neath?

S.

[walpurgis]

Good luck Shane. You'll probably like it there near Swansea, which isn't a bad place. The Gower peninsula is only a bus ride away and it's a beautiful place. My family came from Sketty to the north of Swansea and walking distance from The Mumbles at the beginning of Gower. I knew the area well enough as a kid. You'll have to learn Welsh though! ;)

[southall-1998_mk2]

Cheers, Geoff. I remember you talking about your Welsh roots some years ago.

S.

[Macca]

Make sure to get some Tom Jones and 'The Alarm' records in just in case they send someone round to check.

[Lawrence001]

I was born in Cardiff and lived there until I was 10. Beautiful coast all the way west of Cardiff.

Get in touch with Eddie Baby on the Wam he's a bit further west though.

[CageyH]

It’s going to be a bit different from Torquay, but a fantastic part of the world.
I spent many a day surfing at the Gower.

[Mikeandvan]

Sorry to put a downer on it, but I was raised in Newport, and I find the Welsh a narrow minded bunch, that was Newport mind. The people there wear ignorance as a badge of pride.

[southall-1998_mk2]

Arrived yesterday. Journey went smoothly, luckily no traffic.

S.

[brian2957]

Good luck in your new home Shane :)

[Alex_UK]

Yes, good luck in your new home Shane. I don’t know Wales that well unfortunately, had a couple of holidays there in the early 90’s and loved the countryside and everyone was friendly but then we were tourists with cash to spend! ;)

[Lawrence001]

Sorry to put a downer on it, but I was raised in Newport, and I find the Welsh a narrow minded bunch, that was Newport mind. The people there wear ignorance as a badge of pride.Can't speak for Newport but Cardiff was very friendly so when I moved to Lincolnshire at 10 it took me a while to get used to their more reserved nature and fit in (I never quite did looking back).

[Mikeandvan]

Can't speak for Newport but Cardiff was very friendly so when I moved to Lincolnshire at 10 it took me a while to get used to their more reserved nature and fit in (I never quite did looking back).

Newport is a horrible town, you hear about it in newspapers now and again, usually when someone has killed their wife. It's got worse in the past 10 years, drug addicts lining the streets of the city centre, anti social fuckwits riding bikes aggressively on pavements, same sort of problems we have here in Brighton, tbh a nationwide trend in large towns and cities. Only in Newport it seems exacerbated, a real sense of hopelessness.

[Lawrence001]

Actually I visited a large local employer for work before lockdown and grabbed a pint in the Wetherspoons before catching the train back and I have to admit what I saw didn't contradict anything you've said. I think it was shortly after someone had driven their car into a group of drinkers outside a pub for some reason.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Actually I visited a large local employer for work before lockdown and grabbed a pint in the Wetherspoons before catching the train back and I have to admit what I saw didn't contradict anything you've said. I think it was shortly after someone had driven their car into a group of drinkers outside a pub for some reason.

Nice!

[CageyH]

https://youtu.be/Eijc2tGe-zM

[Barry]

Actually I visited a large local employer for work before lockdown and grabbed a pint in the Wetherspoons before catching the train back and I have to admit what I saw didn't contradict anything you've said. I think it was shortly after someone had driven their car into a group of drinkers outside a pub for some reason.

I avoid Wetherspoons if at all possible! Was it the only 'pub' in town?

[Lawrence001]

I think there was a more dodgy one across the road the had karaoke on. I didn't see a nice gastropub or real ale type place put it that way

[walpurgis]

Have you got the Hi-Fi rigged up yet Shane? :)

[southall-1998_mk2]

Hi-Fi is the last thing on my mind to be honest, Geoff. Not interested in music at the moment.

S.