Davie27 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Treating my wife for her birthday I booked a week away in a fantastic luxury cottage (at an out of season price :D) complete with hot tub, pool & log burner. The area has next to no light pollution so we sat waiting for the stars to come out. After watching the sun setting behind the snow capped hills & putting on a great show for us the clouds started rolling in ... As per usual Mother Nature has hidden the stars from us for another night so we had to settle for a night beside the log burner watching a dodgy horror move called "Babadook" :/ Ahhh well... There's always hope for tomorrow & if there's no stars then at least there can't be a worse movie than the crap that's just scalded my eyes tonight ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 So where? Even where-ish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudropb Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hope the skies improve for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie27 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 11 minutes ago, Floater said: So where? Even where-ish? 13 minutes ago, Floater said: So where? Even where-ish? Gartmore, not too far away from Glasgow but far away enough not to be plagued by the usual city orange haze in the night sky. 13 minutes ago, laudropb said: Hope the skies improve for you. Me too! Won't be a patch on some of the amazing star displays we have witnessed on our wild camping trips in places like the Cairngorms or the Isle of Skye but it will hopefully be better than my usual back garden view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Fingers crossed for you, Davie. The forecast's not too bad and with a bit of luck you'll come good. Enjoy the break anyhow. Had a week in the far NW recently and managed only 30min one night and 10min another night with the scope. But it's what we do, isn't it? ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulksy Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 24 minutes ago, Davie27 said: Gartmore, not too far away from Glasgow but far away enough not to be plagued by the usual city orange haze in the night sky. Me too! Won't be a patch on some of the amazing star displays we have witnessed on our wild camping trips in places like the Cairngorms or the Isle of Skye but it will hopefully be better than my usual back garden view. going to the isle of skye saturday that sounds ace where you are though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie27 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 18 hours ago, faulksy said: going to the isle of skye saturday that sounds ace where you are though Your in for a right treat when you get to Skye, hopefully you get a clear night or two...or three ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulksy Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Davie27 said: Your in for a right treat when you get to Skye, hopefully you get a clear night or two...or three ? i realy hope so dave, there is 4 of us going and the smallest scope is a 18" , should be brilliant 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, faulksy said: i realy hope so dave, there is 4 of us going and the smallest scope is a 18" , should be brilliant May the Dob Mob have clear Skye skies for all those big eyes ... ?? Edited November 22, 2016 by Floater 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulksy Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 hope so gordon, should have a few nights out of 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie27 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 18" the smallest?? Are you all taking a truck each? Lol that's some amount of equipment to be transporting across the country I'm sure you'll be rewarded though. i got my clear sky tonight & it was just stunning!! We Sat in the hot tub with all the lights off & let the stars consume us. Nights like this are better shared & I was lucky enough to have my wife's company who gets just as inspired by the universe as I do when staring up into it ( our our small corner of it). A perfect night sky view has a way of starting the deepest conversations doesn't it? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Result, Davie! ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 2 hours ago, faulksy said: i realy hope so dave, there is 4 of us going and the smallest scope is a 18" , should be brilliant Who has the smallest scope ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Well Davie, if the weather maps I've seen are anything even close to true, you're a jammie dodger, sir. Hope you're enjoying skies to drown in. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soupy Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Good luck with the rest of the holiday Davie but keep an ear out for that knock on the door... BaBAba "dook! Dook! DOOK!" hehe..... enjoy skye Faulksy Damian's been telling me all about it today! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulksy Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 57 minutes ago, Soupy said: Good luck with the rest of the holiday Davie but keep an ear out for that knock on the door... BaBAba "dook! Dook! DOOK!" hehe..... enjoy skye Faulksy Damian's been telling me all about it today! we will try our best i think damians going to be mum when we get there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapstar Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 (edited) On Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 22:24, Davie27 said: 18" the smallest?? Are you all taking a truck each? Lol that's some amount of equipment to be transporting across the country I'm sure you'll be rewarded though. i got my clear sky tonight & it was just stunning!! Good you have had some clear skies. Here's a piccy of three out of the four of the scopes we're taking so save some skies for us Davie Edited November 24, 2016 by mapstar 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotterless45 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Fire in the hold ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulksy Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 1 hour ago, cotterless45 said: Fire in the hold ! that was a brilliant pic nick, still laugh at that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie27 Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 14 hours ago, Soupy said: Good luck with the rest of the holiday Davie but keep an ear out for that knock on the door... BaBAba "dook! Dook! DOOK!" hehe..... enjoy skye Faulksy Damian's been telling me all about it today! Hahaha, yea the heating was banging through the night & my wife woke me up whispering "Did you hear that?" Lol Shr didn't say it but I bet she thought of BabaDook 10 hours ago, mapstar said: Good you havd some clear skies. Here's a piccy of three out of the four of the scopes we're taking so save some skies for us Davie Wow!!!! thats serious equipment! Will you be going to a campsite with them?, wild camping?, or have you rented accommodation? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamp thing Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Rented this time they bottled out of camping (bunch of lightweights ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie27 Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 On 23 November 2016 at 20:51, Floater said: Well Davie, if the weather maps I've seen are anything even close to true, you're a jammie dodger, sir. Hope you're enjoying skies to drown in. ? Three nights on the trot now! Can't believe my luck. Im literally seeing stars everywhere Get yourself a week away and book at the "Back Borland holiday cottages" we were lucky enough to get the biggest one for £250 as they had a week they couldn't fill so sold it at a cut down price. Just under an hour away from Glasgow & the area is extremely dark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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