General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

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.