Attention All Shipping (Radio 4 Book of the Week)
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (778 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0349116032 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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There's no danger of a westerly gale eight, veering southwesterly increasing nine later (visibility poor) gusting through your average suburban living room, blowing the Sunday papers all over the place and startling the cat.Yet familiar though the sea areas are by name, few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems, songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms and gales.Sitting at home listening to the shipping forecast can be a cosily reassuring experience. Armchair travel will never be the same again.. This solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. In ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice, those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography
ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING has cemented these credentials and delighted his rapidly growing readership. . Freelance writer and Charlton FC supporter, Charlie Connelly has already proved his quirky credentials by writing a very funny book about Liechtenstein
A wonderfully eccentric studyOBSERVEROne of those simple yet brilliant ideasDAILY MAILIf listening to 'Sailing Byto the bitter end every night is the surest sign of a Radio 4 addict, then buying Charlie Connelly?s new travel book runs it close?An engaging and often very funny bookSUNDAY TIMES
"Cromarty, westerly four, squally wintry showers, good" according to Mr. Joe. Four times daily, at 00Cromarty, westerly four, squally wintry showers, good Mr. Joe Four times daily, at 0048, 0535, 1201 and 1754, BBC Radio 4 airs the Shipping Forecast, a weather prognostication for each of thirty-one geographically well-defined but more or less arbitrarily designated and sited maritime areas surrounding the British Isles. What may be incomprehensible code to the uninitiated listener is actually a simple and frugaly worded forecasting stat. 8, 05Cromarty, westerly four, squally wintry showers, good Four times daily, at 00Cromarty, westerly four, squally wintry showers, good Mr. Joe Four times daily, at 0048, 0535, 1201 and 1754, BBC Radio 4 airs the Shipping Forecast, a weather prognostication for each of thirty-one geographically well-defined but more or less arbitrarily designated and sited maritime areas surrounding the British Isles. What may be incomprehensible code to the uninitiated listener is actually a simple and frugaly worded forecasting stat. 8, 0535, 1201 and 175Cromarty, westerly four, squally wintry showers, good Mr. Joe Four times daily, at 0048, 0535, 1201 and 1754, BBC Radio 4 airs the Shipping Forecast, a weather prognostication for each of thirty-one geographically well-defined but more or less arbitrarily designated and sited maritime areas surrounding the British Isles. What may be incomprehensible code to the uninitiated listener is actually a simple and frugaly worded forecasting stat. , BBC Radio Cromarty, westerly four, squally wintry showers, good Mr. Joe Four times daily, at 0048, 0535, 1201 and 1754, BBC Radio 4 airs the Shipping Forecast, a weather prognostication for each of thirty-one geographically well-defined but more or less arbitrarily designated and sited maritime areas surrounding the British Isles. What may be incomprehensible code to the uninitiated listener is actually a simple and frugaly worded forecasting stat. airs the Shipping Forecast, a weather prognostication for each of thirty-one geographically well-defined but more or less arbitrarily designated and sited maritime areas surrounding the British Isles. What may be incomprehensible code to the uninitiated listener is actually a simple and frugaly worded forecasting stat. 5, 1201 and 175Cromarty, westerly four, squally wintry showers, good Mr. Joe Four times daily, at 0048, 0535, 1201 and 1754, BBC Radio 4 airs the Shipping Forecast, a weather prognostication for each of thirty-one geographically well-defined but more or less arbitrarily designated and sited maritime areas surrounding the British Isles. What may be incomprehensible code to the uninitiated listener is actually a simple and frugaly worded forecasting stat. , BBC Radio Cromarty, westerly four, squally wintry showers, good Mr. Joe Four times daily, at 0048, 0535, 1201 and 1754, BBC Radio 4 airs the Shipping Forecast, a weather prognostication for each of thirty-one geographically well-defined but more or less arbitrarily designated and sited maritime areas surrounding the British Isles. What may be incomprehensible code to the uninitiated listener is actually a simple and frugaly worded forecasting stat. airs the Shipping Forecast, a weather prognostication for each of thirty-one geographically well-defined but more or less arbitrarily designated and sited maritime areas surrounding the British Isles. What may be incomprehensible code to the uninitiated listener is actually a simple and frugaly worded forecasting stat. Can we weather this Like Simon Winchester's travels in Outposts this is a particularly British journey. Unless you are a "native' or spent time listening to the BBC news broadcasts the iconic subject of both the title and the purpose of the author's trip might confuse. However, if you grew up listening to the beautifully modulated tones of the BBC news-reader intoning "Cromarty, Rockall and Vikin. C. Norton said Quite possibly the funniest book ever written. Can I give it six stars?This book came into my life at a particularly dark point--both literally and figuratively (I was holidaying in Co. Donegal in "Quite possibly the funniest book ever written" according to C. Norton. Can I give it six stars?This book came into my life at a particularly dark point--both literally and figuratively (I was holidaying in Co. Donegal in 2009 and it poured buckets every day), and it was a great help when I desperately needed something. I have never laughed so hard over a book. The story of Charlie's journey through the shipping forecast is by turns hysterical and. 009 and it poured buckets every day), and it was a great help when I desperately needed something. I have never laughed so hard over a book. The story of Charlie's journey through the shipping forecast is by turns hysterical and