Kerry and Kirsty

[Cyril Haearn]

Polish is the most popular foreign language in the UK now, +1

[Vorpal]

Ironically "the" UK language is in fact German. Celtic was the original and displaced when we were invaded by tribes from Germany, Netherlands and Denmark

It is not German. It is Germanic. It is on the same language family tree. Along with Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, German, Frisian, Icelandic, etc.
That said, we also get some words and many place names from the Celtic languages, and a significant proportion also come from Latin, through the Roman occupation, and also the Norman conquest. We also inherited (or re-inherited) celtic words through French, and Germanic words from the Vikings.

English is a mutt of a language, incomprehensible to it's nearest relations.

[Cyril Haearn]

No no, Welsh was the first language of course
There was a time when languages as we know them did not exist, not sure how hominids communicated

[ambodach]

If we ignore those who prefer their gibberish in English this programme features real cyclists which must surely be a good thing. They are not some alleged celebs pretending to be cyclists and probably using motor transport between sound bites. They also meet local cyclists as guides to the area.

[Cyril Haearn]

If we ignore those who prefer their gibberish in English this programme features real cyclists which must surely be a good thing. They are not some alleged celebs pretending to be cyclists and probably using motor transport between sound bites. They also meet local cyclists as guides to the area.

I love watching subtitled films, often one can understand more because the speech may be unclear, keeps the brain going too +1

Cymru / Alba am byth!

[Debs]

English language origins:

[Vorpal]

English language origins:

That appears to be the origins of the words. It's considered to be in the Germanic family tree partly because of grammer and conjugation.

[robing]

I'm enjoying this series. I like the features where they explain some basic bike maintenance like the M check. I know it's probably teaching most of us how to suck eggs but useful nonetheless. They must be running out of gaelic speaking cyclists to interview! The blonde lassie was hot!

[MarkGraham]

BBC Alba is probably the best thing about the BBC -loads of adventure/outdoor based programmes only a very few of which find their way down to the TV received by us southern jessies.

[RickH]

BBC Alba is probably the best thing about the BBC -loads of adventure/outdoor based programmes only a very few of which find their way down to the TV received by us southern jessies.

If you have Freesat, BBC Alba is in the list of channels (channel 109). Most, if not all, of their output is viewable live(ish) from the "TV " link on the website or on iPlayer.

For those interested, Lisa Annette, the young lady in episode 3, is a Production Manager for Cutmedia ("Describe your role in 3 words. GO!" "Herding wild cats!" ). They are the people who've produced, among other things, Danny MacAskill short films.

[Rusty Rider]

I've saved it to watch tomorrow, the short clip I watched looks really good.

[Cyril Haearn]

I'm enjoying this series. I like the features where they explain some basic bike maintenance like the M check.....
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What is the M-check please?

[ambodach]

Maintenance?

[RickH]

I'm enjoying this series. I like the features where they explain some basic bike maintenance like the M check.....
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What is the M-check please?

Here is a explanation & a video (courtesy of Sustrans).

https://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-you-ca ... e-11-steps

[robing]

BBC Alba is probably the best thing about the BBC -loads of adventure/outdoor based programmes only a very few of which find their way down to the TV received by us southern jessies.

If you have Freesat, BBC Alba is in the list of channels (channel 109). Most, if not all, of their output is viewable live(ish) from the "TV " link on the website or on iPlayer.

For those interested, Lisa Annette, the young lady in episode 3, is a Production Manager for Cutmedia ("Describe your role in 3 words. GO!" "Herding wild cats!" ). They are the people who've produced, among other things, Danny MacAskill short films.

I'd rather see her in front of the camera