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One of my favourite memories of caravan holidays was lying listening to the rain battering on the roof & the soporific lilt of 'Sailing By' & the comforting regular way the shipping forecast was given. So when saw this book I thought this was one for me. The beginning of it was very good, dealing with the history of the Forecast & historical details of events that were brought about by the weather . However, it did seem to drift away a bit & the last third seemed to be a matter of filling up the space.

Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book. I wasn't the most riveting book to end the year but it was a reasonable read

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A gentle book looking at the Shipping Forecast in a variety of ways - from the historical, mythological and personal and I found it to be as soothing as listening to the actual broadcast.

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