When I get up to Shetland my regular online information sources change.
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| Shipping Forecast - no gales around Fair Isle today |
Down in the south - and far inland - I’m likely to check
various news websites and twitter on a pretty regular basis to keep in touch
with what’s going on.
Up here, being right on the edge of the sea, there are two other websites that I pay much more attention to - both related to shipping.
The Met Office Shipping Forecast becomes a very regular source of information.
The standard weather forecast doesn't really cut it at the south
end Shetland. Suddenly it matters what's
happening in sea area "Fair Isle". I don’t
know if other countries have institutions like the Shipping Forecast that still
interrupt the broadcast of major sporting events (on the radio at least) - but it's a fantastic service!
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| Another Shipping Forecast - showing the passing ships |
The other website that I look at very regularly is the ever
amazing Marine Traffic site – this plots the current position of shipping pretty much anywhere in the
world.
I use this to identify what I
can see going past the south end of Shetland, and as a way of finding out if
there is anything interesting in the area that’s worth looking out for.
I think I’m revealing myself as a bit of a
closet ship-spotter.
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