Ghar Parau, Iran

[Peter Burgess]

A couple of Welsh blokes on the Calais to Dover crossing were interviewed by an English reporter yesterday. It went something like this:

Interviewer: I expect you are really pleased to be home now and to see the White Cliffs.

Welsh bloke: Well, sort of, but when I see the Severn Bridge it will mean a lot more.

I have to say that I think the chalk cliffs of Sussex and Kent are a tad more impressive than either of the Severn crossings! And if we are comparing natural boundaries, should they not have been looking forward to seeing the extensive mud flats?  :tease:

And anyway, they should be grateful that the English built those bridges so they don't have to wade through all that mud any more!

 

[robjones]

The Severn Bridge is entirely in England: the England-Wales boundary is midway across the small bridge you cross over immediately before/after the Severn Bridge on the Welsh side. Not a lot of people know that 

The Second Severn Crossing does span the England-Wales boundary.

To those of us of a certain generation, the Severn Bridge and Aust Services will always symbolise the boundary...

Who's to say that Aust Cliff can''t rival Dover cliffs? And mudflats can be WAY more interesting than lorry parks which is pretty much all you see at the foot of the Dover cliffs.

 

[graham]

The Severn Bridge is entirely in Wales: the England-Wales boundary is midway across the small bridge you cross over immediately before/after the Severn Bridge on the Welsh side. Not a lot of people know that 

Does not compute ... :doubt: :-\

 

[Les W]

The Severn Bridge is entirely in Wales:

I think you mean entirely in England. 

the England-Wales boundary is midway across the small bridge you cross over immediately before/after the Severn Bridge on the Welsh side. 

Over the river Wye.

The border runs up the middle of the Wye for a substantial part of its length, certainly in the lower parts.

 

[robjones]

'Wales' corrected to 'England' in previous post  :-[ :-[ :-[