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...ds/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?

Jim

On Wed, 6 May 2009 10:34:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

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...ds/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?

Jim

I have lived in Cornwall, off and on, since 1978 and have driven down to
the Lizard on many occasions but I've never seen any signs indicating the
50th parallel.
--
MCC

In article
,
writes:
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...ds/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.
--
John Hall "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always
pays off now." Anon

"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article
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writes:
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...ds/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
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On 6 May, 18:34, wrote:
Some way O/T, but humour me
Just got back from the far north mainland watching the surfinghttp://news..bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/660...
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?

Jim

It west Cornwall & Scilly, it's become fashionable to wear clothing
showing the lat/long it was bought.

E.g. http://www.49degrees.co.uk/shop.php?...183_2_SS .jpg

Talking of surfing, a great video of surfing a 20' Cribbar at Newquay,
the UKs best reef break.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OYQahBCM-0

Graham
Penzance ( 50 degrees, 6 minutes, 48 seconds North - 5 degrees, 32
minutes, 52 seconds West)

Col wrote:


"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article
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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
303m a.s.l.

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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...ds/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?

Jim

Popular in this area
http://tinyurl.com/d4adrs

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George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk
COL 36055

On 6 May, 18:55, MCC wrote:
On Wed, 6 May 2009 10:34:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
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...nd_islands/660...
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?

Jim

I have lived in Cornwall, off and on, since 1978 and have driven down to
the Lizard on many occasions but I've never seen any signs indicating the
50th parallel.
--
MCC

OT, but you did ask ... there's a nice cafe bar in Falmouth harbour,
just outside the National Maritime Museum, which is called 5°W. It's a
little bit off, as Google Earth shows it at 50° 09'N, 5° 03'W, but
what's 3 minutes between friends?!

I also recall seeing a fabulous clifftop villa with a superb view in
Grenada, WI, which was called 12°N - and it lay exactly on the line.
It was truly the stuff of dreams, especially to the penniless student
I was when I saw it ... wonder whether it's still there?

--
Stephen Burt
Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire

schreef in bericht
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I also recall seeing a fabulous clifftop villa with a superb view in
Grenada, WI, which was called 12°N - and it lay exactly on the line.
It was truly the stuff of dreams, especially to the penniless student
I was when I saw it ... wonder whether it's still there?
_____________

Is this it ? http://www.twelvedegreesnorth.com/

Colin Youngs
Brussels

On May 6, 9:02*pm, wrote:
On 6 May, 18:55, MCC wrote:





On Wed, 6 May 2009 10:34:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
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...nd_islands/660....
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?

Jim

I have lived in Cornwall, off and on, since 1978 and have driven down to
the Lizard on many occasions but I've never seen any signs indicating the
50th parallel.
--
MCC

OT, but you did ask ... there's a nice cafe bar in Falmouth harbour,
just outside the National Maritime Museum, which is called 5°W. It's a
little bit off, as Google Earth shows it at 50° 09'N, 5° 03'W, but
what's 3 minutes between friends?!

I also recall seeing a fabulous clifftop villa with a superb view in
Grenada, WI, which was called 12°N - and it lay exactly on the line.
It was truly the stuff of dreams, especially to the penniless student
I was when I saw it ... wonder whether it's still there?

--
Stephen Burt
Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire- Hide quoted text -

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My house is called "Latitude cos-to-the-minus-one five-eighths
very nearly."

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.