Five nights in Northumberland

[Richard N]

Total observing time 5 minutes. Clouds and rain. 

[scarp15]

Where about's in Northumberland were you situated?

[Richard N]

4 minutes ago, scarp15 said:

Where about's in Northumberland were you situated?

Near Haltwhistle. The five minutes were good enough to confirm that the sky was very dark. 

Edited October 29, 2021 by Richard N

[City9Town0]

I had the same near Rothbury, 16th-23rd!

[callisto]

6 minutes ago, Richard N said:

Near Haltwhistle. The five minutes were good enough to confirm that the sky was very dark. 

Herding Hill Farm by any chance?

[Richard N]

1 minute ago, callisto said:

Herding Hill Farm by any chance?

No. Caravan and Camping Club Site. 

[callisto]

1 minute ago, Richard N said:

No. Caravan and Camping Club Site. 

Ahh I see...I used to live near there several years ago 

 

Mark

[Marvin Jenkins]

24 minutes ago, Richard N said:

Total observing time 5 minutes. Clouds and rain. 

Five nights in Northumberland. Sounds like a title to a film. Not a great film by the sounds of it.

 

[callisto]

6 minutes ago, Marvin Jenkins said:

Five nights in Northumberland. Sounds like a title to a film. Not a great film by the sounds of it.

 

It's a great sky there when clear, but unfortunately I can confirm that's quite rare up there 😒  

[City9Town0]

We've had very good times in previous visits... When it's good it is very, very good; when it's bad it's ********!

[Marvin Jenkins]

2 minutes ago, callisto said:

It's a great sky there when clear, but unfortunately I can confirm that's quite rare up there 😒  

I can only imagine how good. And it seems to get rarer everywhere.

Marv

[scarp15]

The weather has been particularly gloomy the past few days and nights. Far worse though in the north west with the excessive rain fall and all. As it would be, the forecast does look to be more promising for the coming week, colder with clearer skies from mid week, coinciding with a new moon. Herding hill farm campsite, stopped there once a few years back, when cycling the Hadrian Cycle Way with my daughter, good campsite with Llamas to greet you, as I recall. They were tapping into the astro dark tourism and a part of the field catered for that. However the led lit path to the brightly lit wash facilities, contradicted this a bit. Near to Cawfields; a good spot.  

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

Unlucky. Camping for three nights at Kielder Water last September netted me one very memorable night and several incredibly itchy midge bites!  Great skies when the clouds clear...

 

[Captain Scarlet]

I had a particular 2 week trip to 21.8 SW Ireland a couple of years ago. I used to plan those trips with the phase of the moon in mind to maximize the number of dark nights. In that whole trip I glimpsed one star for a few seconds in a cloud gap on a walk back from the pub. So I sympathize. My suggestion: move there, that’s what I did.

M

[Dave scutt]

18 minutes ago, Captain Magenta said:

I had a particular 2 week trip to 21.8 SW Ireland a couple of years ago. I used to plan those trips with the phase of the moon in mind to maximize the number of dark nights. In that whole trip I glimpsed one star for a few seconds in a cloud gap on a walk back from the pub. So I sympathize. My suggestion: move there, that’s what I did.

M

You sure it wasn't a car head light(only one car head light this is Ireland) as you lay on the floor from too much Guinness 

[Captain Scarlet]

12 hours ago, Dave scutt said:

You sure it wasn't a car head light(only one car head light this is Ireland) as you lay on the floor from too much Guinness 

🙂 Luckily I don’t like Guinness