Out And About.

[Caliga]

Where exactly in England do you live again Mongers?

[mongers]

Where exactly in England do you live again Mongers?

Central Southern England (Wessex).

[KRonn]

Yeah, it's that time of year in northern climates to start getting back outside a lot more.   

[mongers]

Yeah, it's that time of year in northern climates to start getting back outside a lot more. 

Yes, today was a nice afternoon just to be staying outdoors, even in the evening. 


Late afternoon I popped out to the site of Tarrant Rushton Airfield, from where many of the D-day and Arnhem transport/gliders took off from. Including the Ox and Bucks light infantry who captured Pegasus bridge at just after midnight, 6th June.

There's a memorial to the airborne forces/glider forces who served there, it stand next to one of the remaining re-purposed hangers.

[Caliga]

Central Southern England (Wessex).

I don't really understand how England works re: states/provinces.  Do you mind explaining?  For example I thought Wessex was one of the old petty kingdoms but not a modern province or county or whatever like Kent.

edit: This is actually relevant to my work for reasons I cannot get into atm.

[mongers]

Central Southern England (Wessex).

I don't really understand how England works re: states/provinces.  Do you mind explaining?  For example I thought Wessex was one of the old petty kingdoms but not a modern province or county or whatever like Kent.

edit: This is actually relevant to my work for reasons I cannot get into atm.

Wessex is just an affectation, re-invented in the 19th century, you might as well say I traveled across Hardy country today.  It has no basis in national or local government.   

England's organised into counties, unitary boroughs/cities and metropolitan areas like London and Manchester.  But there's more than one model, so in my home county Hampshire, it has both single tier unitary city borough which provide all services and others like my own district council that shares responsibility with the county council.

Above this there are loose geographical areas composed of several counties, but that tends to be mostly for statistical purposes and a few odds and sods. So English regions don't carry much importance.

I live right on a county boundary, one is grouped into South-East England the other in South-West England. That's probably why the notion of Wessex is popular around here as it links counties with similar landscape and often shared history.

Hampshire (with the ancient capital of Winchester), Wiltshire, Dorset, West Sussex, Berkshire and parts of both Somerset and Oxfordshire are generally considered as Wessex. 

[Caliga]

Thank you.

[Valmy]

If you go a bit north will people say you have entered Mercia?

[mongers]

If you go a bit north will people say you have entered Mercia?

There are a few government organizations and private utilities that are organized on a regional basis, so yes sometimes, you could for instance be arrested by West Mercia police:

http://www.westmercia.police.uk/about-us/

[Eddie Teach]

If you go a bit north will people say you have entered Mercia?

There are a few government organizations and private utilities that are organized on a regional basis, so yes sometimes, you could for instance be arrested by West Mercia police:

http://www.westmercia.police.uk/about-us/

Doesn't Schengen allow people from Wessex to legally enter Mercia? 

[Valmy]

If I am arrested by the Mercians can I appeal to King Offa?

[Capetan Mihali]

Doesn't Schengen allow people from Wessex to legally enter Mercia? 

No Schengen in the UK.

[Eddie Teach]

Bummer.

[mongers]

If I am arrested by the Mercians can I appeal to King Offa?

Depends if you're in league with his estranged wife.

[Caliga]

Anyway my mom's family came over mostly from Wiltshire (also some from Kent, Essex, and West Riding of Yorkshire).