little Englander

Thank you fir the explanation thatbags

I was economising with iPad sweeps to get dashes, actually, ab. Typing them on an iPad is harder/slower than typing spaces .

Yes. Really. That simple.

Big sigh Ana, tired?

The post does NOT say Welsh plot, ab. Those two words are juxtaposed but as written they do NOT, repeat NOT mean or say Welsh plot, nor were they ever meant to.

Sigh...

ab. What she's saying is that it's not a plot to be nasty to the Welsh.

Un,ike you to be concerned with economising with your words thatbags

No Ana, the post says Welsh plot

In her defence, ana, I could (even thought about it) have made it a bit clearer, like this: a let's-be-nasty-to-the-Welsh plot.

But that takes longer so I didn't. False economy, huh?

Is it more expensive to go by the Severn Bridge or to take a longer route that has no tolls? Just wondering. I guess it must save on time for some journeys, and possibly also on fuel and car wear and tear. In the long run, if one has to do the journey a lot I wonder if it works out cheaper or more expensive.

English plot, Anniebach - blimey, you don't half misinterpret posts!

What Welsh plot thatbags?

No Toll charges on any of the bridges in Scotland now as the Scottish Government abolished them.

So people who want to travel between England and Wales on that particular road in the England-Wales direction have to pay.

I think there are one way payments in other places as well and that it's not a let's be nasty to the Welsh plot.

Naturally Caesan . Just that at this time we have a Tory government and I thought best to explain it was not the Senydd which sets the charges

So if the English want to visit Wales they have to pay, if the Welsh want to come home they have to pay

I can remember the Severn Brudge being 50p each way - but as the toll is only one way it is half the price really as most people use it both ways.

There seem to be quite a lot of tolls charged on river and estuary crossings (bridges and tunnels), probably because they are very expensive to build and maintain.

Dartford is 2.50 each way.

It's a long time since I've been on the tolled part of the M6, so long in fact that I don't even know if there is still a toll on it. I always though that tolls meant that the people who used a particular bit of road (or a bridge) helped pay for its upkeep if not for its construction.

Think I'll wander off googlewards and looke up other tolls in the UK.

Surely the toll is set by whichever party is in power when the prices are reviewed?

The toll costs are set by the Tory government not by the Senydd

it was 20p each way, now is £6.60 (one way)!

The Severn Bridge toll was imposed to recoup the cost of building. It was cheaper having less pay booths so a double fee is just paid one way. I

And some worry about bananas and cucumber
I did worry about bananas when I talked to some Madeirans who had lost their livelihood.
But that was another thread

Perhaps the English should be proud like the Australians:

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