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How do you pronounce "Llandegla"?

I think it's "Lan-deth-li" but I'm not sure.

 

In

It's about 2 miles from my house .. and it's pronounced

Clan deg la

ish ... the LL sound is made by placing you tongue behind your top front
teeth and blowing across your tongue while making an th-L sort of sound ...
warning don't have anyone infront while practicing, spit is considered ill
mannered We're used to people saying Clan instead of Llan and I guess
it's close enough.

 

That is sooooo true.

 

What about Llandrindod Wells ?
and would you recommend for a base for a long weekends biking
i.e. good pubs and nosh?
I seem to remember a lot of wierdo's walking around sunday morning last year
as we passed through

 

I imagine it is

 

In

What the pronounciation? It's (sort of)

Clan drin dod Wells

There's some great routes/roads around there, not too sure of the pubs n
food as I only ever pass through on ride outs from home and it's far enough
from my gaff to not go for an evening.

I worked as head chef at

http://www.wildpheasanthotel.co.uk/

for 5 years, and they're doing some good deals on accomodation according to
a sign outside at the moment, ISTR it saying about 30 quid a night which is
not bad and it's a good base for touring . Llangollen is the sort of start
of north Wales for many as it' sthe first stopping point. The Horseshoe Pass
is a couple of miles outside the town and is always a popular meeting spot.

http://www.ponderosacafe.co.uk/

Further up the road and up the price range is

http://www.tyddynllan.co.uk/

The food here is a delight, note to self book dinner at the Tydden Llan
again

Pronounciation

Ti th en Clan

Cue "Deliverence" theme

 

She spreads it about?

(I'll get me pedantic anorak.)

Ali

 

That's what I've been told by the semi-Welsh burd in the office as
well.

Will be mtbing there on Saturday.

 

I gave up sending my parents xmas & birthday cards when they moved to
their current address[1]. One can only use so many L's & D's[2] in a
lifetime.

[1] Llanddewi, Llandrindod Wells, etc etc
[2] Look, they're for readability, OK?

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Also as a stop off, Llanberris and Pete's Eats. Great cafe with a
proper size mug of tea.

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In

ah ... MTB at Llandegla forest? That's actually only a few mins from my
gaff, it's where we walk the dogs. There's a resevoir at the top of the
trail which makes it quite a pretty spot in the summer to picnic etc.

The turn off car park for the MTB place/cafe etc is just about where the "A"
in "A525" is on here

http://tinyurl.com/2523s8

 

In

PS ... the "A525" near to Gwynfryn that is not the one on the top left

 

Handy, ta.

 

As others have said, Clan drin dod - means Holy Trinity I think - or
Landod, yes they really do use that. And nobody ever puts the Wells
bit on. I used to live there. My parents had a lovely antiquarian
bookshop there until they retired (my Dad used to joke about being
called Parris the Book, but some people really did).

A couple of years ago we ate at a brilliant restaurant in the old pump
rooms in the Rock Park, dunno if it's still going, was nearly empty
when we were there. There's a good pub for food (the Ll... Arms, sorry
can't remember the rest) just over the footbridge at the station and
down a short cul de sac. Do NOT stay at the Hampton, cheap it is, and
there are good reasons why. When rained out of our illegal campsite at
Cefnllys (lovely spot up Quarry Road, and down and along and round a
corner) we stayed there, ugh. Good brekkers though. Get cheap eats at
the great baker near the station and head off for a picnic at
Cefnllys.

Ah yes, lots of dropouts, druggies, hippies and shroomers round there.

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