On 14 Jul, 15:10, Alan White wrote:
This reminds me of a story going the rounds when I first joined BBC
Scotland about a production crew from London who couldn't understand why
it took so long to get to Shetland from Aberdeen by boat because
'Shetland's only a few miles off the east coast'.


Alan,

My brother-in-law, who is from our capital (a place I quite like,
actually and will be visiting again next week), once commented to me
(in reference to the coolness of Copley) that Lerwick was often the
coldest place in the UK, that's up your way isn't it?
When I put him right he said, Well it's still bloody cold wherever it
is!

Ken
Copley, Teesdale, County Durham, nearer London than Lerwick
http://copley.mysite.orange.co.uk