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2nd longest town name in the world....

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Geno's Magical Mystery tour of Northern UK. I started in Aberdeen & hooned through Edinburgh, Newcastle, Durham, Whitby, Robin Hood Bay, Scarborough, Hull, York, Yorkshire Dales, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Lakes District and of course, made a quick visit to Wales to the town with the 2nd longest name in the World: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch What a beautiful trip it was: terrific scenery, an abundance of history and some very funny accents.

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2nd longest town name in the world....

May 24, 2008

The most sensible thing to come out of Wales since Prince Charles

Ever since I was a kid and got my first Guiness Book of World Records, i've wanted to stand on the train station at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and take a photo of this ridiculous name

Well - I drove 200miles out of my way just to achieve this and I'm glad I made the effort!

Wales is such a weird place. The language would have to be the most ridiculous on the planet, their Prince the worst example of royalty, but their countryside - superb!

It was a terrific drive along the coast and across a bridge and I could see why the hordes of English were going there for the weekend.

The town itself had almost nothing to offer except a couple of signs, a tiny train station, and a very small shop.

I took my pics and headed off Liverpool...

(FYI, the official longest place name in the world is a hill in New Zealand: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu )