The last couple of weeks I have been going to the obsy each morning, opening up and switching everything on. A twofold operation, one is to check that noting is amiss as far as security is concerned and two is to get the equipment working. I leave it then till the evening in the hope of clear skies but till now it has only been a couple of night with clear skies. Sunday looked to be one of the best nights, clear skies all round, the afternoon brought a change, a sea mist was rolling up from the south and standing in the garden it looked like there was a large fire somewhere, the cloud hugged the sea and just rolled up. Went for a meal later and sitting eating all we could see was what looked like rain sweeping past the seafront windows, last time I seen something like that was Snowdon. The mist cleared late in the evening and when it was just dark I set the OTA on the mount, opened the roof and nice clear skies :). Spending the next couples of hours wandering the skies I realised there was more light pollution than usual, it was then I realised the mist had returned, the street lights were being reflected a lot more and the GoTo was getting a little erratic!! So what I thought would be a good nights viewing turned into a bit of a damp squib, still more nights to come :).