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Lubin L
Lubin Apr 27, 2014 11:58:09
Replying to The Eternal

The Eternal wrote:
GLADMAN wrote:
Funny that. Cornwall's always felt far more 'English' to me than, say, Cumbria or Yorkshire. Perhaps that's because its the first place I used to go camping as a kid.... guess it depends on what you're used to and how diverse your UK experiences have been.
Hi Gladders,

I agree with you; Cornwall has always felt very English to me. Cumbria is very much a very separate county to the country of England (should be Cumberland and Westmorland). Get to know the Cumbrians and you get to know how different they are, as in how different their way of life is, and how different their acceptance of outsiders is. I suppose they could be described as intolerant to what they call off-comers. Nowt wrong with that in my book, although the pc brigade will differ, but stuff them, as I think personal opinion shouldn't be censored. Don't forget Churchill fought for freedom, be it speech or general living.

All the best,
TE.

There was a brilliant programme on BBC2, done by Rory Stewart, a few weeks ago about the area you mention. Well worth a look on catch up if still available.

H Howburn Digger
Howburn Digger Apr 27, 2014 23:32:53
Replying to Lubin

Lubin wrote:
There was a brilliant programme on BBC2, done by Rory Stewart, a few weeks ago about the area you mention. Well worth a look on catch up if still available.
I watched the programmes you mentioned. It was loaded with Rory Stewart's Conservativism, a weird political agenda and much post-hoc rationalisation of his own role in a number of military conflicts. He crossed the Border too, in a strange attempt to gerrymander the bounds of his constituency. I didn't like that much as he doubled the number of Tory MPs in Scotland whenever he did so. We already keep one as an example - we don't need two.

But my old mate Matt did some music for the series so that took the worser edges off.