Astronomy holidays in the UK

[bomberbaz]

Hello all. Seems to be a few people asking about camping holidays, astro sites etc so I am jumping on the bandwagon for this.

However I am being more specific, looking for a holiday cottage/flat or similar within driving distance of a dark (very) site. Time of year late October !

Has anyone got any suggestions or experience please?

Regards, Steve

[Kai]

Astro Adventures in Devon May be an option

[MattGoo]

I stayed at http://www.gallowayastro.com/ for a few days last year.

It was excellent, both skies and hospitality.

[bomberbaz]

Cheers fellas, I will look into them both later :-)

[estwing]

Dobfest 2 Steve...

[bomberbaz]

I stayed at http://www.gallowayastro.com/ for a few days last year.

It was excellent, both skies and hospitality.

Called and pencilled in for new moon in late september, sounds amazing,

just need to check with swmbo but cant see it being an issue as she will want to come along for the walking in the area!

cheers mattgoo

[hobsey]

Called and pencilled in for new moon in late september,

Fingers crossed for the both of us then that it stays clear as thats when I'm away for the week at a dark skies spot.

[MattGoo]

You're welcome.

At Galloway Mike is very enthusiastic and knowledgeable, plus Helen's cooking is fantastic!

Plenty of stuff to do in the area during the daytime, we took a drive to Stranraer, visited the bookshops in Wigtown, plenty of walking, the Wickerman thing, and there's distilleries/breweries too.