Moaning Leavers, an explanation

Sorry, South-West?

Bath has always been in the South-west of England. Where else would it be? In the last GE the good folk of Bath had the good sense to elect Wera Hobhouse as their Liberal Democrat MP.

The West Country.
The South West was always Devon and Cornwall.

West Country MP Wera Hobhouse says …..
West Country cider ….
Summer Solstice in the West Country ….

I'll leave you to Pointless.

The South West surely includes Somerset !

Somerset & Avon
South (West )Devon
Cornwall .....

I think it is divided differently when it comes to Voting.
I was being geographical.

Bridgeit, Avon as a county has not existed for a considerable number of years..

Many consider a line from Gloucester to Weymouth as the southwest region. However, I believe most tourists think they are entering the Southwest when they cross the Avon bridge at Bristol.

You know Bridgeit, the one that always has the huge traffic jams every summer weekend. Perhaps many forum members have sat in those jams thinking "well, I have arrived in the Southwest".

A friend who used to drive from London back to her home in Cornwall said she felt she was back in the South West when she passed Stonehenge.

Not sure how clear this is

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Bridgeit, I think this is one of those enjoyable ambling debates that everyone likes putting their six penneth into.

My personal take as someone born in Devon, raised in Bristol and since then has spent the last forty years living in North Somerset, I feel the terminology used by locals is somewhat different to those living outside the region in making named reference to the area.

Persons such as myself in the main have always referred to the area to the west of Gloucester as "the West Country" as that is where the Severn estuary begins splitting the west of England peninsula away from South Wales.

However, as I stated earlier, many holidaymakers travelling down the M5 and M4 motorways begin to believe they are in the "Southwest" as they pass over the M5 Avon Bridge South of Bristol and see the Severn estuary from there and also from the following "split level" section of the motorway. From that section on a clear day you can see Exmoor in the distance especially if they are sat in one of our famous M5 traffic jams.

Therefore I believe there are two terminologies used for the area to the west of a line from Gloucester to Weymouth, one being "The West Country" with the other being "The Southwest Region".

I prefer the West Country, but if you are one of the ever growing numbers of holidaymakers down here, you pays your money and you takes your choice.

Apologies, that should read "north of Bristol" above.

Grandad, longs us all know where us be when we get ome in doors us ull be aw reet.
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Course that be only till us leave that EU thingy,

Really good one Bridgeit

Thank you twanun bad.
I have has a lot of practice since birth?

Therefore I believe there are two terminologies used for the area to the west of a line from Gloucester to Weymouth, one being "The West Country" with the other being "The Southwest Region"

Perhaps us from Devon only believe Devon and Cornwall to be the true South-West. All them others is West Country.

Bath is nearly London imo.

as for Swindon, that's practically in Kent.

Zactly, Jalima,past zwindon half 2 watch thm ps &qs

Posters note, No Devonshires were hurt during the course of these posts?

Well being Bristolian, if dees fink day Zwidan is in Kent den Manchester mus be in dee Norf East.

Sumut up wid dee geogrofy in this fred.

Prahps that’s what av cufused the Rufferndum.?
No one knows where Britain is going to end when the EU is apart !
Ok I will behave now, but good to have a little fun.

Thoroughly enjoyed Bridgeit on a day off and talking about my forthcoming retirement and our 50th wedding anniversary with my wife.

Beginning to wind down and really kook forward to those events.

Carol my other half also had a good laugh at the posts on here today. She may even join GN at some point, but she is a committed whatsApper at the moment.

Thanks Grandad ,It’s good to have a bit of lightheartedness .Whatappers most welcome too?

Well, we dumped some of Gloucestershire in the bin today, sat nav had us going round in flippin circles.
So if you find it missing, it wuz uz.

You’ve got to be careful near a Shire. Jalima, you could end up in Middle Earth England with Frodo & Sam?