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Some way O/T, but humour me
Just got back from the far north mainland watching the surfing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/s...slands/6606813.
stm Also managed to get to Shetland for a few days, and noticed a roadside
marker sign indicating you were at 60 deg north. Set me wondering if
there were similar signs elsewhere in the UK?
I see that the Lizard is just below 50 north, and I'm sure there'll be
lots in East Anglia marking the meridian. Or is Shetland unique?

I think there's one on the Sussex coast (Peacehaven?) marking the
meridian.

Think there's one in Greenwich too

Drifting even further off-topic I recall an occasion when I was working on a
drillship, the "Sedco 445", in the 1970s. We were on passage between locations
off West Africa and the Master contived to have our noon position as 00 deg 00
min 00 sec N/S, 000 deg 00 min 00sec E/W.

Norman
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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
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