JessicaFaye

How long was it? Sounds like you enjoyed it. Was it ferry to Rotterdam or flight to Schipol?

I went for 10 days! Flew to Schiphol from Exeter, then was staying in Eindhoven! saw some amazing places but it rained a lot :D

I put a thread in the lounge about it... sadly leaving the dark skies of rural devon for the city LP :(

My wife has family in the village of Winkleigh, one night after a wedding down there I took a look at the sky, being a Londoner, the view of the milky way was simply stunning!

Yup some of the views I've had here are incredible... It's a waste actually that I've lived here 12 yrs and only had a scope for 1 year! what a waste!

Nothing hugely fancy, Bought as a gift. it's a Velbon DF-51 I think it's about £25 aluminium pretty sturdy! My last tripod got stolen! :(

Oh, sorry to hear that.

Just had a look, looks quite good. Some good reviews also.

Well it was only a real cheapy the other one. pretty useless in fact :D yeah it's alright easy to use. only thing I say is it's a tad heavy but not awful! :)

Whats happened !!! ?

And what is your excuse Jessica ? :-)

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think . . .

Thanks Mace! You know the drill so I'll take your advice :)

I take it the jury service was quite interesting !!

@nephilim wowza! Very jealous.. I start my jury service tomorrow, so at least I'm not really back to work ;)

Yep, jury service will be more interesting than work. :)

how did your 1st day in court go today!!! is it a murder case??? :D

ahh, good luck :)

hopefully its an interesting trial

Will see I suppose! Just had 2 weeks off work for easter and now may not go back for another two weeks! whoop!

No I wouldn't want to be working either! I'm thinking a book in the garden :)

Bikini and pims

Down an old mine with a camera ?? :)

Oh yeah... it's gone! Weird :-?

your not safe again then :)

Yikes!! ;)

yeah but I'm having doubts... looking out the window!! :(

The Moon is already out here :-)

Bit hazy though.

little hazy = good for planets often, ergo Mars viewing is on again hopefully :)

:)

no the BBC did, says clear on the website but cloudy :(

Oh really, it were clear down ere today!

I stared a new job yesterday(April 1st) I was expecting to get there and nobody would know anything about me starting :-)

Total cloud cover here tonight Jessica, mind you the forecast says it might clear so we may get lucky :)

Yeah it's rubbish here! Ah well I'll just have to mong out for the eve :D

Ditto :-)

hehe yes stars Pig... most of the time... ;)

:-)

Stay at Olly's place for a week or two, can't recommend it enough :). I probably had about 15 hours worth of stargazing in a week - that would take about 10 weeks in the UK on my average.

They might affect others'! ;)

hehe! Too right, ah well ;)

Bring a good book to pass the time. I never had to go into a single court room for the week and that seems to be common when you do this. Just sitting and waiting. One of the dullest experiences ever. unless you are interested in that kind of thing :)

sounds like a plan

You need to add clear skies and a scope to that list.

You also have to drink it a pint at a time :-)

I know right? Normal (ehem..) people would be all like "Dude...it's a couple of shadows?", to me, wow!

hehe! ;)

Dare we hope that Spring is here - or am I jumping the gun???

Oh I sure as heck hope so...I'm right there with you!

Oh yes do, 'arty farty' is a great term ;)

touche!

definition of “arty-farty”

What Happens when you have to bend over to far to admire art !

Must....contain....jealousy.....Happy viewing! [sniff]

sorry... :(

LoL its lovely and clear here, the Earthshine on the Moon is spectacular tonight :-)

Boo to you, you swine ;) I'm happy with my two!! :D

I see about 300 here in Wales :)

:)

BBC local forecast is saying it'll clear later....so I went to the local hardware store and bought a shovel and stocked up on bread and milk...

Haha brilliant! Sounds like a plan ;)

I went to the local dark site last night Jessica & boy was it cold, it took me until now to thaw out (6pm)

What are you like!! although probably very worth it... cant wait to get out again and freeze myself to death to get a look :)

Only Astronomers are curious or crazy enough to stand outside on cold, dark winter nights.