Pendine Sands
About Pendine Sands
Pendine Sands is a 7-mile (11 km) beach on the shores of Carmarthen Bay on the south coast of Wales. It stretches west to east from Gilman Point to Laugharne Sands. The village of Pendine is close to the western end of the beach.
On the show — 8 mentions total
Don Wales, Malcolm's grandson, has broken the record for the fastest lawnmower on the Pendine Sands.
from No Such Thing As Lily Allen In The Hellespont, 2025-11-20 at 00:44:18 · read transcript
Other times Pendine Sands came up
I know. It's the UK landspeed record. Okay. The current world landspeed record is 700. 160 something miles and out. It's very, very far. Yeah, Amy Johnson, when she flew from South Wales to New York directly, she took off from Pendine Sands. The Pendine Sands. Wow. I know. It used to be glamorous spot. It used to be glamorous and it lasted a very, very brief time.
610: No Such Thing As Lily Allen In The Hellespont, 2025-11-20 · listen
What's the top speed? Let's try that. It'd be awful. Fastest shed? Also broken on the Pendine Sands. Okay. The Pendine Sands are doing their best to keep these records coming, aren't they? Do you think, is faster or slower than the fastest lawnmower? I think slower. Slower because it's so bulky. Okay. I guess I'm going faster. Dan's correct. 100 miles an hour is the faster shed record.
610: No Such Thing As Lily Allen In The Hellespont, 2025-11-20 · listen
You can't be just getting up to 87 miles apart on a normal, old people will be dying all over Surrey. Imagine if that was a setting. What's the top speed? Let's try that. It'd be awful. Fastest shed, also broken on the Pendine Sands. The Pendine Sands are doing their best to keep these records coming, aren't they? Do you think, is faster or slower than the fastest lawnmower? I think slower. Slower because it's so bulky. Okay. I guess I'll go faster.
No Such Thing As Lily Allen In The Hellespont, 2025-11-20 · listen
The whole of the beaches of South Wales are the most beautiful beaches in the world. Sorry, Dan. I don't know if you're going to... check there with the beaches that you may be from, but the Gawa Peninsula, all of that bit are stunning. Absolutely. I wasn't trying to raise up or lower the Pendine Sands above or below any of the other beaches of South Wales, all of which are 10 out of 10. Or Australia. Or Australia. Sydney ones are terrible actually.
No Such Thing As Lily Allen In The Hellespont, 2025-11-20 · listen
Coordinates: 51.7325, -4.4975