michael.h.f.wilkinson

Our last cat was named "Zwarte Piet" for this reason!

Chris

We used to get the pair visit the house when we lived in Belgium.Kids loved the sweeties.

Off to take the kids to see him tomorrow. At least there'll be bubbles.

Wow, so soon. Still got the Tres Reyes Magos to do their rounds on the night of the 5th...of January!*!

did you get the tracker battery, be interested in how you find it

I'm loving my Tracer 22Ah. Who would have thought you could like a battery so much :D

i would lol

Enjoy! :) What are you powering off it?

Revamp of 17Ah powertank

What do you teach?

Computer Science

Snap! :) Good luck for the full house.

Congrats Michael!

Excellent, great eyepieces :-)

very good , i got back the gym yesterday after the house move not really had much time. i done 5K on the treadmill to break me in :)

I have resorted to spin cycling instead of going out on the bike for the last couple of months :)

Didn't get up, didn't go to pool, didn't swim, stayed in bed with my wife with a nice cup of tea.

Well, better than getting up and get glued to your computer for 9-10 hours ...

Lost nearly 2 stone since last summer. It's worth it

Jelly made from quinces :D

A quince is a rock-hard pear-like fruit. Great on bread and with paté or cheese

:-)

Sounds very nice indeed

7 jars made today (I have processed 26 kg of fruit this season already)

Sorry to hear that, hope you get well soon.

Think I might have back trouble tomorrow..... Hope your ok tho

That's a lot!

Brilliant!

C8, mainly. Even bagged me a magnitude 13 galaxy

very nice!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think some of the objects I bagged with the 80ED where about magnitude 13. How is that possible?

The 14mm for me

Excellent choice Michael !

The XW's are superb eyepieces. Steve (FLO) advised me to try them many years back but it was a while until I actually did. Hats off to RikM for going for a set way back when they were not so widely recognised. The XW5 is my favourite eyepiece for the Moon and planets - it's a pleasure to view though !

They are, indeed, lovely eyepieces. I had the 5, 7, 10 & 14, but when no longer able to travel away from my LP sold the 5, 7 & 10 as very little visual being done. They deserve to be well-used. Enjoy the new one, Michael.