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Long Eaton

Long Eaton
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About Long Eaton

Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England. It lies just north of the River Trent, about 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Nottingham and 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Derby. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census. It has been part of the Erewash borough since 1 April 1974, when Long Eaton Urban District was disbanded.

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Sometimes a ferret can be winning and then decide to lie down for a nap. A race can take two minutes or it can take 10 minutes.

from 158: No Such Thing As A Weasel's Fridge, 2017-03-31 at 00:02:26 · read transcript

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  1. At a place called Long Eaton and there's no track. What there is is a tube and every ferret has its own tube. Oh, I was going to say not just one tube otherwise the person who goes in first would be the winner every time. Also you could just fall asleep and that's it, yeah. It would be like having bobsleding with just one of those courses and you all go at once.

    No Such Thing As A Weasel's Fridge, 2017-03-31 · listen

  2. He's a ferret too. This is an article from the Derby Telegraph who did a report. They've had a ferret race up in Derby recently at a place called Long Eaton and there's no track. There is, is a tube and every ferret has its own tube. Oh, I was going to say not just one tube, but otherwise a person who goes in first would be the winner every time.

    158: No Such Thing As A Weasel's Fridge, 2017-03-31 · listen

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Coordinates: 52.8980, -1.2710

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