Hi people

[onionade]

Hey guys,

Wow, great site, people and pictures, its a pleasure to have finally joined this website. At the moment im travelling Canada with peppermint, taking a much needed travelling break after studying and living in the hectic city of Bristol for so long. Originally im from the south east of Wales in a large ish town called Cwmbran, not the most pleasant of places but my folks live on a beautiful farm on top of a mountain overlooking the town (which is also a bed and breakfast now) its called Gelli Gravog Farm (if anyone's interested!?).

[nightshade]

Hello Onionade,(peppermint?) of course we are interested,welcome to the site

[rlchew]

Hello Onionade

Another WABer on tour in Canada!

Welcome and enjoy.

Richard

[Deer Stalker]

Hi Onionade.

[onionade]

thanks guys,

Look forward to posting some pics of fungi, insects and wildlife in general once ive sussed out my new camera.

[FungiJohn]

Hello Onionade / peppermint and a warm welcome to WAB. Enjoy you're tour and WAB.
John

[McLeish]

Hello onionade,
a warm welcome to the site.....Did you notice that the sky appears higher when arriving in Canada....I did on touching down at Toronto. It maybe to do with the lack of hills.....Or to much hospitality on the flight.
Ian.

[cherrybee]

Hi onionade and peppermint a very warm welcome to WAB

[glsammy]

Welcome to WAB onionade. Canada's one place I've always wanted to visit. Hope to see some of your images later.

[honeybee]

hi onionade, hope you're having fun. I'd love to go along the rivers in a canoe watching bears and moose etc, lucky old you! I had friends from your part of wales when I was at Cardiff.

[RogerTheCat]

welcome to WAB especially as you are from South Wales. I am Cardiff lad originally but moved to Torquay. I worked in Newport for 3 years and the locals thought Cwmbran was posh

[onionade]

Thanks guys,

mcleish, a peculiar question you asked there, haha, made me laugh, well the short answer i guess is no i havnt noticed the sky being any higher than in the uk, although if anything the sky should be lower as im at around 1000 meters above sea level here (Calgary city, Alberta).

We did the whole tour of British Columbia and wow what a beautiful province, i recommend anyone that comes here must see British Columbia, mountains, forests and the islands around vancouver island are all spectacular, i just hope this huuge deal the government has struck with the USA doesnt spoil the landscape too much as they clear fell a lot forestry here and this deal can only make it worse. The current leader, Harper, seems to want to "harmonise" a lot with USA law which in my eyes is always pro business and leads to a lot of environmental destruction.

I havnt had much of an oppertunity to go in a canoe although will hopefully get round to that before we leave which is around june next year so plenty of time.

Well, compared to Newport, Cwmbran could appear posh i guess !? but there are rich and poor areas just like anywhere else, i havnt lived there for about 7 yrs now so im not sure what the general view is anymore? cant say im unhappy about that, Cardiff on the other hand is a lovely city and its always a pleasure to go back there.

Thanks again everyone.

[Earth Hart]

A warm harty welcome, onionade to the Wacky World of WAB. Some folks here think it's cold, they don't know what Real Cold is, especially those who haven't been further North than Brum