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[al_yrpal]

Oh by Joveses, those Presbyterians had better watch out.

Too true - Burns Night is apparently being considered for the chop too.

Al

[Jdsk]

The Prime Minister has joined in, or at least his Office has declared an interest:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... ing-street

Jonathan

[Jdsk]

...
Any good cycling among the sustainable transport solutions?

There's a neat navigation tool which leads to:

"Buses and Trains" and electric car and boat hire:
https://www.breconbeacons.org/discover/ ... and-trains

and

"Cycling and Mountain Biking":
https://www.breconbeacons.org/things-to ... ain-biking

But I can't tell what's new.

Jonathan

[rjb]

Oh by Joveses, those Presbyterians had better watch out.

Too true - Burns Night is apparently being considered for the chop too.

Al

Nicola Sturgeon too according to the Press.

[honesty]

And I thought this was going to be a discussion about problems “down there”….

[pwa]

There is a trend in Wales, at the moment, for ditching the newer English names and using the older Welsh names instead. I'm not convinced it is a great idea because this relates to the tourist industry, and if the customers struggle with the Welsh names there is a branding problem.

But I can see the attraction of using the old Welsh names. They go back further and, as a result, have an extra bit of romance about them. The Brecon Beacons name only goes back 68 years and is aguably a poor choice of name. The bigger hills were never beacons, apparently, and even if they had been, the park is much larger and varied than those hills.

And I will add something else. We all make an effort to learn how to pronounce place names when we go to France. We don't want to appear ignorant by getting them wrong. How about making a similar effort with Welsh names? You might find that you can do it!. You may even find some pleasure in it. Welsh place names tend to mean something, and when you decipher a few names, and learn how to say them, you often find other place names containing some of the same elements.

[al_yrpal]

Catherine Mealing-Jones, the national park authority’s chief executive, told the PA news agency: “Given that we’re trying to provide leadership on decarbonisation, a giant burning brazier is not a good look.

Source.. Hackney Gazette!

Seems to me the Black Mountains are in danger of being cancelled and as for Offas Dyke!

Al

[Jdsk]

Catherine Mealing-Jones, the national park authority’s chief executive, told the PA news agency: “Given that we’re trying to provide leadership on decarbonisation, a giant burning brazier is not a good look.

Source.. Hackney Gazette!
...

I guess that's:

"Backlash over Brecon Beacons name change":
https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/n ... me-change/

The source of that is PA Media:
https://pa.media/blogs/pa-editors-picks ... me-change/

Jonathan

[reohn2]

And I thought this was going to be a discussion about problems “down there”….

Where,that London?

[pwa]

Catherine Mealing-Jones, the national park authority’s chief executive, told the PA news agency: “Given that we’re trying to provide leadership on decarbonisation, a giant burning brazier is not a good look.

Source.. Hackney Gazette!

Seems to me the Black Mountains are in danger of being cancelled and as for Offas Dyke!

Al

Offa, King of Mercia, wasn't he? Not sure why the string of earthworks generally attributed to him (though of questionable origin in some cases) might get cancelled. The fact is, when I go to walk a bit of Offa's Dyke, as I have, or tramp around Hay Bluff, or cycle a bit of the Taff Trail to Talybont on Usk, I don't concern myself with the fact these places are within the Brecon Beacons NP, under its old name or its new name. I go for the individual locations. Which can't be cancelled. They will be there a thousand years after you and I are gone. You are getting worked up over nothing.

[al_yrpal]

Not 'worked up', just bemused the Beacons that I have spent many happy hours walking and sailing in are at the centre of a rather silly virtue signalling exercise.
My friend Idlois who lives nearby has been trying to get a blocked footpath opened for two years and has been told there is 'no money' but apparently enough to pay for dozens of new signs

Al

[roubaixtuesday]

Not sure how choosing to use your national language is "virtue signalling".

Just a matter of choice, no?

[Stevek76]

And I thought this was going to be a discussion about problems “down there”….

Was a little surprised at the title also

[mjr]

Not sure how choosing to use your national language is "virtue signalling".

Just a matter of choice, no?

Are you saying that you think being Welsh isn't a virtue?

[pwa]

And I thought this was going to be a discussion about problems “down there”….

Was a little surprised at the title also

You thought it might be news of a personal deficiency?