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Mynydd Graig Goch

By Katanga

19 September 2008

I was tickled into this by the following news item:

A Welsh hill has been upgraded to a mountain after three walkers found its official measurement was just too low.

Mynydd Graig Goch in Snowdonia was originally put at 1,998ft (609m), just short of the magic 2,000ft (609.6m) that qualifies as a mountain.

But the walkers found its true height is six inches over 2,000ft (609.75m).

I was sorely tempted to post a smuttier version, but resisted.

Cheers!

John

Mynydd Graig Goch

Like the pebble that envies the rock,
Size matters to Mynydd Graig Goch.
Upgraded to mountain,
Now my sprinkler's a fountain
And my garden pond is a loch!

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Written by Fledermaus (3490 comments posted) 19th September 2008

What's in a name... So 609.6m is a mountain? In the Netherlands they already call it that if it's over 300m, resulting in one mountain at the furthest corner of the country (and shared with Belgium and Germany). No doubt they adjusted the terminology for that purpose...

Very nice poem.

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Written by Brett (987 comments posted) 19th September 2008

Mynydd means 'mountain', and these names have been around a damn sight longer than those who decide what is or isn't a mountain - personally I don't care about the status as long as I can enjoy a beauty unspoiled by tourists litter or tawdry and tacky stereotypical fudge shops and cafes.

Hate to be the one to tell you, Tolstoy, but Goch does not rhyme with 'rock' or 'lock' - the nearest rhymes I can think of are 'cork' and 'hawk' and they are slant!

Funny point, well made though.

Cheers

Written by Veronica_Milvus (751 comments posted) 19th September 2008

The big red rock? I can see how that might have been a cause of humour in a mind like yours.

Nicely done, and faintly disparaging of the Welsh, which always gets a reaction!

Written by Gwynedd (83 comments posted) 1st October 2008

Cute!

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