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sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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Location: sunny wales

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 10:31 am Post subject:
Welcome

otatop

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
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Location: North London

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 10:46 am Post subject:
And hello from London.

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 10:56 am Post subject:
Hoi to you too.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
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Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 11:18 am Post subject:
hoi and welcome (apart from hoi and kip the only other dutch i know is ik geen spreken nederlands)

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
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Location: Somerset.

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 11:55 am Post subject:
Hoi,from Somerset.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 11:57 am Post subject:
Welcome!

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 12:31 pm Post subject:
Hello from Scotland

T.G

Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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Location: Somewhere you're not

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 2:26 pm Post subject:
Hello there from the Peak District - Englands 1st national park

mihto

Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 3273
Location: West coast of Norway

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 3:24 pm Post subject:

Gawber wrote:

Hello and welcome from Asturias...

Isn't Fryslan famous for a breed of horse?

Welcome to the melee from Norway.

Gawber, the horse breed is one of the finest and most expensive in the world. My personal favourite is called Tessa. Google the breed name and the horse name and you'll find out why.

Jildau, there are threads here about dogs, cats and magpies which are a gold chest for writers of children's books. Frank Muir's "What-a-Mess" comes to mind. One of the mods could point you the right way.

Megod, I have forgotten me glasses at work and can blame nobody but meself. What a nice weekend this will be

Greenfoot

Joined: 04 Dec 2007
Posts: 324
Location: The veggie plot or getting stones

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 4:34 pm Post subject:
Hola

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8613
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 9:08 pm Post subject:
Another Croeso from Wales There are Friesland sheep too I seem to remember

lettucewoman

Joined: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 7834
Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 9:13 pm Post subject:
and hello from the New Forest...Britains newest National Park! (I think)

darkbrowneggs

Joined: 14 Jul 2010
Posts: 663
Location: Worcestershire

Posted: Sat May 21, 11 4:59 pm Post subject:
hello And welcome from Sue in Worcestershire

Jildau

Joined: 18 May 2011
Posts: 5
Location: Fryslân

Posted: Tue May 24, 11 9:51 am Post subject:

Thanks for all your welcome's and hello's!

This weekend we celebrated my grandmother's 90th birthday, so that is why I couldn't reply sooner / this weekend.

In answer to some of your responses & questions:

Gawber, mihto, the Friesian is indeed a fine horse. Expensive I cannot say, but it would not surprise me. They are quite common in Fryslân, but valued highly. Some more information about the breed you can find here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesian_horse.

gz, I don't know much about Friesian sheep, so I will have to look that up for you.

The sheep in the pastures here, are mostly big, white animals and occasionally brown with a white stripe on its head. There is also a Friesian dog breed, called 'Stabyhoun' or 'Friese stabij'. A most useful dog with many abilities. Friendly, but also a fine watchdog. For pictures see: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabij.

Colour it green, I'm impressed, you're almost right! The Dutch only put words in a different order, so the sentence is actually: Sorry, ik spreek geen nederlands.

Mihto, I've never written a children's book before. At the moment I'm mostly writing articles about various subjects. But I've seen many examples, I am trained as an editor, I know a good illustrator, so who knows...

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9717
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Tue May 24, 11 10:36 am Post subject:
ik spreek geen nederlands turns out I can't too.... the sheep that are black/brown with a white stripe might be zwartbles - a dairy breed. a few folk here keep them

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