Being quite new to the local area of Gloucs, I found myself looking to have a wander around a real bricks and mortar astronomy shop rather than just search around the 'tinternet. So I found the shop in question [n.b. not in the city] and made my way across there. The shop window looked interesting... there were all the Go-To's, huuuge binoculars, and what did a I spy, some nice EP's looking very smug.

So well so good - time to move inside.

I stepped through the door into said shop and found the "goodies cabinet" , all illuminated with pin spotlights..and thought it was love at first sight. There were all the "green lettered, black bodied" EP's you could ever with for.

Naglers, Ethos' etc.. all in front of me. Of course, there were also a selection of 2" Meade 5000's (massive !) some William Optics UWAN's and SWAN's

It was all I could do to keep my wallet under control. The web is great but until you see an Ethos in the flesh, you cannot get over the size of the beast - it's large and then some.

I decided to resist the urge and wait until I could actually see what these uber-eyepieces have to offer. So.. my Q to you:-

Is anyone who is going to Salisbury taking some posh EP's with them ? I'd love to see how they work on the LB and would really appreciate some help in this area. A few of you have given me some top advice up to now and soon, I'm going to have to act upon it and make some decisions

Thanks a lot.

Steve

PS - Whilst there, I couldn't resist getting the book "Turn Left at Orion" - great book BTW - and the Phillips Deep Sky Atlas, so my retail therapist inside me was appeased somewhat