Thanks to IAP, perigra, stevie and others who gave me advice about Portmerion. We had a week there,got back yesterday and enjoyed everything about the place. Those buildings are out of this world! I know what you meant about the welsh speakers, north walien shopkeepers tend to speak welsh all the time which we thought was a bit ignorant but, most of them were friendly. :-)
josie48 Fri 21/03/08 16:32
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Hi josie48!
I remember visiting Portmeirion when our boys were young. I found it a magical place. It brought back memories of The Prisoner which,of course was filmed there. Did you stay in the village? I'd like to go back again.
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Hi yogassun. We hired a small cottage just outside Portmeirion. I loved all the nostalgia from The Prisoner and the coastline was awesome. Will you go again?
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Yes, it's definitely on my list of places to go in the UK before I'm much older! Thanks for info.
We live in Devon, I can remember it took a few hours to get there. At that time we stayed in Porthmadog, or near there.
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ITV4 is now showing The Prisoner every Wednesday & Thursday
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Hi josie, they really don't mean to be rude you know, in that area believe it or not but Welsh is the first language and English the second as it is where I live, but generally Welsh people are very friendly. did you get to see little place called " Borth Y Gest" just outside Porthmadog? the views from the cliff tops are so beautiful, really lovely place, glad you enjoyed your stay, Ray
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Why on earth do you think it is 'ignorant' of Welsh people to speak Welsh ? Do you immediately stop speaking English and speak French when you encounter a French person ?
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Thanks delboy3 I'll check that out.
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Hi ray and ladyalex, Im welsh myself from Penarth in S,Wales and must admit I dont speak much welsh. I think its spoken more by the North Waliens. Yes ladyalex of course its our primarey language but surely not when serving holiday makers/strangers? Welsh is spoken more by the N,Waliens than the South or Mid. Still, we had a great time and most places were very welcoming. ray that little harbour in Porthmadog was lovely and as for the view!
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Thanks for that josie48, very kind of you
Three stars to you!
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So Glad you saw that view, we always try and take people there when they visit us, get fish and chips in the town then go up the top to eat them and enjoy the sunset, amazing to watch.
You are so right about the North Walians speaking Welsh more than the south, once you go down past Dolgellau it starts to gradually diminish, tis a beautiful country, so glad I came here to live, Ray
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Hi there joisie,
Thanks for your Thanks!
It is a magical place isn't it.I can see why they chose it for "The Prisoner".
If you go again(and are feeling a bit flush) you can rent one of the 17 Cottages in the village for self catering(which also gives you free admittance to the village,and more importantly access after the trippers have gone).
Have a look here:~
http://www.portmeirion-village.com/content.php ?nID=27;lID=1
If you cick on "Self Catering Cottages(top left) and scroll to the bottom,you can see the tariff.
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Awww I love Portmeirion and Porthmadog, many a happy holiday spent there!
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"Why did you resign No 48"?
How did you escape?
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raysparks
yes they do mean to be rude ,they speak phlematic welsh as soon as they know that you are english.I had a multilingual friend visiting someone in Wales,went into a pub and as soon as they heard her english accent they started speaking welsh(********)
When she was about to leave she said to them(in welsh)thank you for making me feel welcome.NOT!! the ignorant thick on a par with scots gits were gobsmackeed
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and now i am on a roll
my husbands brother was in waste sorry wales for a while working and when he phoned us one night we heard him getting beaten up in the phone box purely because he had an english accent
areholes WE DONT WANT YOU
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IAP, thanks for the link. Im not feeling that flush! LOL. If we go again I'll try to book the same cottage. Going there took me back to the 60's and The Prisoner..ahhh the nostalgia.
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ha ha stevie, Number 48 did'nt want to escape,she would have stayed another week! We did'nt need a balloon either:-))
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