<div dir="auto">"extremely stupid reasons" in this case relates to an very old tradition where the Lord Mayor of Bristol 'beats the bounds' of the city by rowing/sailing out to the islands.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As a consequence a small wedge of the city of Bristol bounds lies within Welsh water.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You get a similar situation with Denny Island which lies within English waters but is part of Monmouthshire.<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7019663.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7019663.stm</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071012220607/http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/press-releases/2007/sep/beating-bristols-water-boundary.en">https://web.archive.org/web/20071012220607/http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/press-releases/2007/sep/beating-bristols-water-boundary.en</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards</div><div dir="auto">Rob</div></div></div>