Dark Sky Award

[Lincoln]

Forest Park in Galloway Scotland has just picked up this very rare award BBC NEWS | Magazine | In praise of real darkness

[acey]

There are a few threads about this - maybe we need a merger.

http://stargazerslounge.com/astro-lounge/91275-bbc-news-website-dark-sky-award-galloway-forest-park.html

http://stargazerslounge.com/astro-lounge/91271-did-she-really-say.html

[vegas]

There was a discussion about it on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2. I drove an extra 20min detour to my work just to hear the piece. It made me suddenly want to pack up all my stuff and head for Scotland!

But then I heard the weather report.........

[daz]

It's excellent news!

Just thinking about telling the wife we are off camping in November next year...