A woman who embarked on a camping trip to Pwllheli in Wales has claimed she face a 'hostile' experience during her time in the country - allegedly because she was English.
According to Wales Online, she said that while the campsite owners were “nice”, she claimed that she encountered issues with people in shops and restaurants, adding that in all her 20 years of visiting she had never experienced hostility of that scale.
The woman posted in a UK camping group regarding her story, as she wrote: “Has anyone here been to Pwllheli? We are currently on day two of seven in Pwllheli and the campsite is fine, the owners are nice. But it's the local people in shops and restaurants.
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"They are very hostile towards the English. I've been travelling Wales for 20 years and never come across it before. Yesterday we went out looking for something to eat and they spoke in Welsh and if you don't respond in Welsh it's no service. Now please don't get me wrong I love the Welsh language and was quite sad to hear they were struggling to get people interested in learning it.
"We had a static in a small village where they speak Welsh and are always lovely. The one lady even tried teaching me a few words. I guess my point is I'm not offended by them speaking in Welsh in front of me."
She also reported in having to seek advice in Lidl on where to eat as an English speaker in the area and claimed she tried to pay for petrol - only to see Welsh speakers that entered the garage after her being served first.
She further added: "I'm at the point where I'm not sure if we should try and get on another site somewhere else. We are booked in Bala from next Friday so going home isn't an option."
Her post garnered the reaction of other group members as many headed to the comments section to share their views - prior to being deleted.
A vast majority of users strongly stated that they had never experienced anything of the sort in the area, as some accused her of fabricating the experience for attention while others suggested she should put more effort into learning some Welsh before visiting.
In a separate forum where the post was shared, one person commented: "I was in [Pwllheli] two weeks ago. Me, an English-speaking Welsh person with an obvious Welsh accent. I found all the shopkeepers fine, no grief at all because I spoke in English to them and, if anything, speaking Welsh could be more expected of me."
Another wrote: "I’m convinced these people are just hostile and rude to the locals then claim this." And someone added: "Buy a pocket phrase book, lovely. Be polite, might get you somewhere. How very big of her to not mind that we speak Welsh in her presence in Wales."
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