if you check for obvious garbled data the weather is accurate for my area (perhaps not so around Coventry, being inland and landlocked) ; it is intended mostly for mariners. you can compare it with similar data from Met Office and KNMI – they all share the data anyway, as do the Russians (cold war or no cold war they have always done that, as everyone gets the weather) and there is a further HF fax broadcast from RAF Northwood which feeds into met office, their transmitter power isn’t as strong and they shut the carrier off between broadcasts making it hard to find.

I still buy cycling jackets from Northern Scotland, as if they use them in their country they should handle any British weather. Umbrellas aren’t as much use in the middle of the North Sea. I am not sure what nautical types usually wear for footwear on deck, from those I have met it is prudent not to get into casual discussions about fashion, as cultural stereotypes can lead to disappointment; especially those who may have been to sea in SE Asia may think I hold the secret of how to wear garments intended originally for another gender.

Unfortunately I am too still fat even for many of the boys clothes; although Biotech (who lives in a nautical area) managed to find a goth vamp dress which was actually his size (and he is not a small chap either). I’m not sure if he did buy it; in any case being a reponsible dad it would not be the done thing to wander around the fish docks thus attired; he mifght ause someone to run their vessel aground.