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Snowdon

Snowdon
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About Snowdon

Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa, is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales. It has an elevation of approx. 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in Wales and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands. Snowdon is designated a national nature reserve for its rare flora and fauna, and is located within Snowdonia National Park.

On the show · 10 mentions total

He has razor sharp teeth, a matted coat and eyes of flames. He has blue earwax that trickles down his chin. He lives alone in an igloo at the top of Mount Snowdon.

from No Such Thing As Unbroadcastable Material, 2015-01-01 at 00:16:12 · read transcript

Other times Snowdon came up

  1. Did you guys know that it was built in the 1890s And its very first trip, all the trains on it crashed. I had to close immediately for a year. For a year. 1896. There were two trains that went on this inaugural journey. They got to the top of Snowden. One was released to go down. They completely lost control. The engine of it derailed. The driver and the guy who was spooning coal into it or whatever.

    No Such Thing As A Teaspoon of Coal, 2024-05-16 · listen

  2. Another Edward Snowden leak was it was a list of GCHQ techniques and their code names. I don't know if any of you saw that. Some quite good names. The ones which the newspaper article picked up on were Concrete Donkey, Angry Pirate and Swamp Donkey. Then a few others that I found are Nuttology, Countryphile, Dirty Devil, Clumsy Beekeeper and Pistrix. Wow! Is that the Donald Trump related?

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

  3. I'm not sure if that's how you pronounce her name, but she worked at MI5, and she was describing the difference between MI5, MI6 and GCHQ staff. She said, GCHQ staff tend to be the boffins, the types that are technically brilliant at things like coding and encryption, but perhaps not brilliant at a party. Okay. That's their vibe. Another Edward Snowden leak was it was a list of GCHQ techniques and their code names. Yeah. I don't know if any of you saw that. Some quite good names.

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

  4. It's way easier to go down than to go up. No, it does as I said in my life, bitch. Let's see you either walk to the top of Snowden. By the way, there's a train or go all the way 1,000 meters to the bottom of the ocean. Oh, look, I may not have the whale anatomy that makes it as easy as it is, because it's nice.

    504: No Such Thing As Captive Willy, 2023-11-09 · listen

  5. It's easier to float to the surface than it's to sink down. You have to actively push against the force of all that water. Think of the pressure down there. I'm finding it a bit hard, though, to visualize the Snowden reference. how many volumes of the Anna of the Johnson Dynasty are we talking? That's it. That is all of our facts. Thank you so much for listening.

    No Such Thing As Captive Willy, 2023-11-09 · listen

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