I know this is totaly off topic, but ...
"I recall a story from the late and much lamented John Peel. Finally giving up the arguments with his wife on direction finding on a holiday trip in Scotland"
You mean "the Pig", not "his wife", Shirley?[1]
One of my favorite memories of John was his interview with Siouxsie Sioux, and his playing of the entire Banshees "The Scream" album over the air a couple weeks before it's general release. Auntie Beeb allowing the uncensored replay the following Saturday afternoon was astonishing. I managed to record it on half-inch tape (actual half-inch tape, not slang for cassette ;-)
The other favorite memory was his first (for the UK) airing of The B52s "Rock Lobster". At the end of the tune, he mused "I wonder what tanning butter is? Probably something that Paul Gambaccini would spill onto a marzipan omelet ..."
[1] Yes, I know, her name is Sheila. Rest in piece, John. You are missed by many, world wide. Pardon me while I play Roy Harper's "When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease", with a tear in my eye ...