THE SHIPPING FORECAST

The Shipping Forecast - an everyday poem, a nightly litany, constantly renewed, always evocative, ever mysterious ... Forgive me for starting in the wrong place, but of course our own stretch of sea comes first.

SOUTH EAST - Thames, Dover, Wight

EAST - Humber, German Bight

SOUTH - Portland, Plymouth, Biscay, Finisterre
(Finisterre has recently been replaced by Fitzroy)

SOUTH WEST - Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Shannon

WEST - Irish Sea, Rockall, Malin

NORTH WEST - Hebrides, Bailey, Faeroes, Fair Isle

NORTH - Cromarty, Viking, North Utsire, Forth, Forties

NORTH EAST - South Utsire, Tyne, Dogger, Fisher

This concrete Shipping Forecast is located on the Coble, that is,  the seafront of Filey in North Yorkshire.  If you're an addict, and can't wait until tonight, feed your frenzy here: The Shipping Forecast