As I recall from having been a stude there longer ago than I care to confess, and a scribbly staff officer at Brampton, Valley has two big drawbacks - it take ages to get anywhere when off duty, and the kids have to learn Welsh. Only posting I know where kids have to learn the local (foreign) language. This causes severe disruption to their (public sector) education. On both grounds I argued at HQRAFSC for Valley to be treated as a special case overseas posting. Not surprisingly, I "lost", but I did try