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Channel Shore                                   

Jonathan Coy

Tom Fort

Katrin Williams

Duncan Minshull

Tom Fort - Channel Shore: Episode 4

Tom Fort - Channel Shore

Episode 4

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Tom Fort travels from the White Cliffs to Lands' End in search of maritime tales.

Tom Fort’s maritime travels explore hunting at Slapton Ley, tumultuous sea wrecks and pilchards. Read by Jonathan Coy.

At Slapton Ley there are musings on Pallas sand grouse, ship-wrecks, and 'Cornish sardines' - whose numbers turned the water black from Lands' End to Bigbury bay.

Tom Fort's maritime journey takes us from the White Cliffs to Lands' End. About 675 miles in all.

Read by Jonathan Coy

Abridged by Katrin Williams. 

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015

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Tom Fort travels from the White Cliffs to Land's End in search of maritime tales

Tom Fort travels from the White Cliffs to Land's End in search of maritime tales. Read by Jonathan Coy. Abridged by Katrin Williams.

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