[Misc] The glorious but niche NSC Shipping Forecast thread...

[el punal]

This one has a certain naughty ring to it :

Sole, Forties, Dogger, Forth.

Fisherman’s friend anyone?

 

[Peteinblack]

This is a great read too.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

North Utsire.

South Utsire

 

[Nobby]

Fitzroy......

 

[Is it PotG?]

 

[knocky1]

Where is the Dover/ Wight landfall boundary?

I've been told Beachy Head, Newhaven Port and Peacehaven.

I hope it's Beachy Head.

Dover Shipping Forecast area.
50°45'N 00°15'E
50°15'N 01°30'E
51°15'N 02°55'E
51°15'N 01°25'E

50.7680° N, 0.2905° E Eastbourne Town
50.7931° N, 0.0456° E Newhaven Town

Looks like nearer Eastbourne but a little more East?

 

[The Clamp]

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This is a great read too.

It is. And contains the now famous line about Crystal Palace fans being ugly.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Rockall

 

[Change at Barnham]

We're the Wightside, we're the Wightside, we're the Wightside Brighton boys.
We hate Dover.

 

[McTavish]

The wonderful Murray Lachlan Young's takes on the shipping forecast:

I think that this one was written for some sort of anniversary:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p034p321/player

This one was put together from lines sent in by R4 listeners:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p034pwcb

 

[The Clamp]

As an aside, I went to see that film Fisherman’s Friends a little while ago and in the background the Shipping Forecast was read out on radios. But it was read out by... Jeremy Vine!

Why?

He’s a radio 2 DJ with an annoying voice. They could have chosen from any of the lovely voices from R4 that actually read the forecast but they chose him? It annoyed me way more than it should have done.

As another aside I have put myself forward as a volunteer for the Shoreham Coastguard as a Watchkeeper at the harbour watchtower, which among other things involves giving out the weather report. Looking forward to getting started with that.

 

[Gritt23]

Trafalgar.

#salute

Also, when I was a kid, I thought that was for the ships moored up down the bottom of Trafalgar Road, Portslade. I was very young.

 

[Paskman]

South Utsire for me[emoji106]

 

[Hungry Joe]

Cromarty, on the basis that a previous incarnation of the British Sea Power fans forum used to auto-correct the word c*** to Cromarty, genius.

 

[theboybilly]

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This is a great read too.

A great book (another one for [MENTION=1721]Mr Putdown[/MENTION] ) written by a Charlton Athletic supporter too.

As a SE London boy it has to be 'Thames' for me

 

[Nottseagull]

Remember when John Prescott was invited to read it? He (rather unprofessionally) took advantage e.g. saying "Hull (or 'ull as we call it)... "

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Part of Biscay that is Finisterre meaning end of the world and a lovely part of the planet it is too. I am sure the BBC have used Finnisterre before, must have a listen.

TNBA
TTF

 

[Nottseagull]

Trafalgar.

#salute

Also, when I was a kid, I thought that was for the ships moored up down the bottom of Trafalgar Road, Portslade. I was very young.

You must have thought the Battle of Trafalgar took place in Shoreham Harbour

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

No votes yet for German Bight

 

[mjking73]

I'd love to have listened to the shipping forecast on the night of the Great Storm of October '87