I have to go from Liverpool to Anglesea tomorrow (saturday 12th July) - time will be of the essence, if I may describe my problem in delicate terms.
Is it true they are hiding cameras in builders' vans and other strange locations now? I'm not so daft that I can't see a fixed camera, but are the limits confusing, ie do they go up and down arbitrarily and do they have wide dual carriageways restricted to 30, and so on... I know the A55 is notorious but just how aggressive are the traffic taliban up there?
And no I am not a reckless speeder, I have a clean licence and my last crash was in 88.
THANKS
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if you stick to the speed limit why would you have to worry about where they have the cameras?
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We have friends who live on Anglesey and come to visit regularly (going via Liverpool) and they've never had any problems on the A55 linked to speeding (neither hangs about behind the wheel of a car!)
However, it's a good, fast route with few hold ups, so just stick to the limits and you won't have to worry; on such a comparatively short journey time isn't really of the essence.
Edited by Stuartli on 11/07/2008 at 14:18
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Always expect the unexpected; assume every single moving and stationary object to be a scamera; remember the magic formula "street lighting + no speed limit sign = 30 mph by default".
Get the very latest scamera location downloads for your TomTom and don't forget to program in ANGLESEY. Anglesea is in Victoria, Australia.
Croeso i Cymru!
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Get the very latest scamera location downloads for your TomTom and don't forget to program in ANGLESEY. >> Croeso i Cymru! :-)
Ynys Môn, bach?
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Ynys Môn bach? ;-)
i think you can get a cream for that!!
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I hope the TomTom software has Welsh language support! Otherwise, how are drivers ever going to find their way to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?
Let alone Gorsafawddachaidraigodanheddogleddollonpenrhynareurdraethceredigion.
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I came top in spelling at school. Sorry for spelling Anglesey as Anglesea. To make up for it I might take some green paint and obliterate a few signs while I'm there. Why do they have to have "tacsi"? Has no-one ever seen the letter "x"?
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"Why do they have to have "tacsi"? Has no-one ever seen the letter "x"? "
There is no X in the Welsh alphabet, nor is there a J or K or Z for that matter. And the following are actually letters: CH, DD, FF, LL, NG, NGH, PH, TH but take two or more characters to write now.
And it's "Croeso i Gymru" by the way. After 'i' there's a mutation of the C to a G. Whereas in Wales would be "yng Nghymru" ;-)
Edited by rtj70 on 11/07/2008 at 22:07
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"Why do they have to have "tacsi"? Has no-one ever seen the letter "x"? " There is no X in the Welsh alphabet nor is there a J or K or Z for that matter. And the following are actually letters: CH DD FF LL NG NGH PH TH but take two or more characters to write now. And it's "Croeso i Gymru" by the way. After 'i' there's a mutation of the C to a G. Whereas in Wales would be "yng Nghymru" ;-)
NGH ??? mutation not a letter
used as in fy nghalon mutation of calon (heart)
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I realised that after posting. Just went through my head all the different "letters" and included ngh ;-)
Another example would be in Cardiff as in "yng Nghaerdydd". Back to motoring ;-)
Edited by rtj70 on 11/07/2008 at 23:27
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"Why do they have to have "tacsi"? Has no-one ever seen the letter "x"? "
Reminds me of that story about John Redwood who used to be Welsh Secretary who is supposed to have said "Unlike the English,the Welsh have no word for "entrepreneur".
I think the Italians manage without X as well,and probably a lot of other languages!
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"John Redwood who used to be Welsh Secretary who is supposed to have said "Unlike the English,the Welsh have no word for "entrepreneur"."
I think it was George Bush who said it about the French!!
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I'm there. Why do they have to have "tacsi"?
for the same reason that englich has 'pyjama', 'curry' et al
HTH
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I hope the TomTom software has Welsh language support! Otherwise how are drivers ever going to find their way to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? Let alone Gorsafawddachaidraigodanheddogleddollonpenrhynareurdraethceredigion. i`m wiping the spittle off my screen now..................lol
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ha ha I know - - or am I mixing those place names up with hawaii (the giant who comes down from the volcano etc) or is it Zaire (the immortal president who conquers all etc etc or whatever)
ha ha
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But "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" is not the original name. It was just Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll but they made it longer to boost tourism ;-)
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but they made it longer to boost tourism ;-)
And internet forum threads.
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Don't forget your passport!
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>>Don't forget your passport!
And your waterproofs. Not an insult, despite seeing some of the cleanest sheep ever during a pleasant (although damp) week there last year!
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