Roadtrip of Shipping Forecast locations by Sue Teddern

Submitted: 1st July 2021

Shipping Forecast tale by Sue Teddern

There are some fantastic locations for novels out there but this is one of the most unique and most fun I have read in a while. A woman takes her father’s ashes around the UK visiting the locations featured in The Shipping Forecast as her father was an avid listener. Try listening to the forecast if you haven’t – it’s very relaxing!

So, why take your father’s ashes with you on this journey. Read on to find out….

Setting: Locations in the UK which feature in The Shipping Forecast…….

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Travel around the UK via Shipping Forecast locations!

Where this novel takes you…

Around the 31 areas of the Shipping Forecast

Postcard review:

Annie is 37, single and unemployed. She’s feeling rudderless. Just bobbing around in the sea of life you might say. When her father dies, she takes his ashes to visit the areas in the Shipping Forecast. He was an avid listener so it’s quite apt. This is the way she feels she should honour her father and not let the stepmother take control. What does she know after all?

I think this was a lovely idea for a novel and it was a quirky if not emotional read. It proves to be quite poignant too as Annie starts to look at herself and think about a lot as she travels. This journey might be for her father but she gets a lot out of it too. As she earches for the best place to lay her father to rest, what she is also doing is leaving behind relationships and thoughts of her past. There are themes of love, loss and everything inbetween but it’s got a heart of gold and will make you laugh and cry in equal measure.

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The setting of this novel was of course the pull for me. I actually listen to the Shipping Forecast sometimes to relax and so this book appealed for that reason. More importantly though, the idea of a road trip around the Shipping Forecast locations seems like such a fun idea! The author really makes the most of it as you can picture the settings, get a feel for the roadtrip and enjoy it whilst remembering why she is doing it.

The language is fun and quirky. Familiar and friendly and it’s a novel about Annie who opens her heart to the reader. I felt I was with her every step of the way and it was an honour to be there! It’s made me realise that I would actually love to do this for real so if any one has a camper van and a few spare days coming up? haha

A joy and a really unique read that made me smile, cry and think about my own life. We are all Annie Stanley’s in some way and this is a book that will resonate with so many readers.