This is awesome. Really beautiful work, Jamie. I've gotta give this a go.

Thanks Mike - let me know how you get on. I may redesign it using velcro stapled onto fabric to merge the seams - as material about 1m wide -that way if wind gets too strong will just 'tear' apart and hence just stick back together

The Velcro idea is good, thanks for sharing :-)

I have four of those lights around my garden, I sorted it by building an observatory, nice and dark inside :)

Jim

hi if you ring your local council and report the said street light explain to them that the light keeps you awake at night,my local council has just painted me 4 out and it helps loads also i made a triangle shapped key (a pair of long nose pliers will do) go to the street light were the cover is unscrew it and lift it of theres a nice on off switch ,switch the light of for 10 mins go have a cuppa ,then switch it back on ,because they are high presure bulbs they take a least 2 hours to light back up and thats plenty of time but has a said explain to the local street lighting department that they keep you awake light polution is like any polution they will have to act on it cheers pat

ps a will do a blog and take some pics of the painted street lights

but a great idea with the shhets

Well since the small road leads to an old peoples estate I doubt the council will cover/switch these off. As for switching them off, well as far as I am concerned that is criminal and I don't expect old people to carry a torch just so I can skygaze. Times have changed, people expect lighting and the way I see it if I want non-polluted skies then I travel to a dark place. I have built my observatory knowing that those lights are there so I have no excuse.

my said lights they painted out leads to about 20 bungalows all oaps it was only a idea