AlanJeans
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I loved them all. He didn't write a bad one. 'No Highway', 'Requiem for a Wren' and 'On the Beach' were also big favourites.
Neville Shute’s Yacht Wrecked
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Wansworth
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On the beach could be rather pertinent to civilizationnow
AlanJeans
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Indeed, though the world was a much bigger place back then. I'm sure there would be CCTV footage they could check nowadays, rather than send a submarine
Wansworth
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Well yes but I had more in mind GW and people just doing their thing as the end was nighIndeed, though the world was a much bigger place back then. I'm sure there would be CCTV footage they could check nowadays, rather than send a submarine
Blueboatman
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Yes I thought so too
People mumbling ‘ end of times’ , ‘ nothing to do wiv me guv’, and buying silly toys
TLouth7
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She is looking much more green. A yacht in the other half of Granton harbour which recently sank on her mooring after being holed by the sinker was quickly raised and has just been nicely repaired.
TLouth7
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I feel like this is a joke that Edinburgh isn't in Scotland but Fife is?
AntarcticPilot
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Not sure about Fife. Isn't it the Kingdom of Fife?
catsonayacht
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wombat88
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Well, that's it then.
NormanS
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There's more chance of the wreckage being cleared from there, than if it had got to Charlestown, as intended, and joined the other wrecks already there in the mud. ?
Minerva
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Looks ripe for chopping up and adding to the wood store for next winters’ stove use.
dgadee
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No chance at all. Spoil dumped at it just a few months ago. Goodbye marina, too, I think. And moorings in western harbour?