An interesting walk in the woods today

that might interest Tommy 2 strokes,
There was not many folks about walkin today as I did a circuit round Pearsons flash and i heard a rustling noise and thought it could be a rabbit or a fox so, I froze and kept quiet and, in the corner of my eye saw a movement, It was not human nor animal and as i reached for my phone to take a picture, It took off, It jumped in a ' flying saucer' shaped craft and vanished into thin air, From this day on I'm going to make it my mission to get a photo because I believe they go there often,,,,

watch this space,,

You might well look amazing Tommy and rightly so, So reet I went off this morning for a brisk walk in the 'fresh' new day air with my camera at the ready, I looked like a Japanese tourist with my camera hanking round my neck in readiness for a shot of a flying saucer and guess what

I did catch something special but you'll have to wait untill I've uploaded and processed The sighting,,

If you go down to the woods today, You'll get a big surprize

Deery me

I once went to a 'symposium'

It was at the UMIST building in Manchester in the 1970s and it was held by a UFO research group, but I am buggered if I can remember the name of the group

Tommy.

Did you ever get to visit the Godlee Observatory atop of UMIST main building? It is now closed for redevelopment.

Interesting place, though Manchester's tendency to be cloud covered does not help.

Ena

No I have never even heard of it, but in my retirement I want to visit dark places in the world, where I can view the night sky without interference from light pollution, but apparently satellites which are whizzing around in low earth orbit are causing a few problems for astronomers, the starlink internet system being the main culprit.

Tommy Tee, when I retired I never wished to visit dark places but, I spend most of my time in the dark now because, I can't afford to turn a light on,,

It's a bugger in't it, and listening to yon mon on't telly this morning, I cawn't wait for Whupsies lot to get in and probably make an even bigger mess of t'country

You need to exercise care when selecting dark skies locations.

Recently, I tasked myself to find somewhere reasonably dark, but within range, ie where, after an hour or two observing, I could drive home bout needing any stay over.



It's called Bainton Layby, actually an abandoned stretch of road bypassed by new road build, and now well screened by the tree growth as you can see. It is listed as a service area, though the only facility is some litter bins. A popular place for truck drivers to pull up during daylight hours.

Did a reccy.

Turns out that it is, seemingly, the country's number one dogging site.

Oh well you don't want to be doin any of that doggin

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Thank you for that explanation clip Tommy , I was going to put that layby on my bucket list of, places to camp in my 2024 tour de la , Places of interest but, now I've put it on the return route if things go ' tits up' in Scotland,

Tommy Two Stroke i have seen starlink in a "dark place" i used to go to Sinai Peninsula a lot ...