Moonshed

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Keithmayes123@yahoo.co.uk

Male

I will begin by saying it’s not what you do that you live to regret, it’s what you don’t do!
My interests have naturally changed over the years as I have gradually aged. I was born in 1946 near Romford, Essex. When I lived in Scotland we used to love going hill walking but I cannot manage to walk that far today, or climb to such heights! I also loved flying gliders, nothing for me could beat gliding silently through the air over such outstanding landscapes. These days I still have my books, hardly gone a day without picking up a book, and of course the tv, especially science documentaries such as presented by physicist Brian Cox. Plus dramas and thrillers.
The one interest that has stayed with me all my adult life is of course astronomy, plus my love of cosmology and all things scientific. My first ‘scope was a simple 4” reflector purchased in the ‘60s with a table top tripod, then a 2” refractor followed by my current 8” Celestron SCT with its computerised GOTO mount that bears no comparison to the first mount that it came with.
I have always enjoyed travelling and have visited the Pyramids at Cairo, the Valley of the Kings and King Tutankhamen’s tomb, the Greek Parthenon, driven from Essex to Italy over the Alps, been to New York and Phoenix, stayed at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, helicopter flight through the Grand Canyon, cruised the Norwegian Fjords and north up to Svalbard and spent 72 hours in perpetual sunlight, and many more wonderful places.
These days my life has other rewards, such as enjoying our grandchildren and great grandchild. And always, waiting patiently in its “moon shed” is my trusty 38 year old (2023) Celestron. I love that ‘scope, had it since I bought it second hand in 1991. Only a fellow astronomer will appreciate it when I say how much pleasure astronomy has brought to my life over the years and hopefully will continue to do so for many more to come.

North Norfolk