Weekly whinging from a Grumpy Old Woman Do you like the title? I felt my weekly blog posts/items needed a sub-title that explains where my thoughts are coming from. This post unusually spans two weeks rather than the usual one because I was so tired at the end of last week from the activities therein. …
Continue reading "w/e 25 October…although posting a bit later this week. Tired and busy time."
a lovely end to week ending 11 October A super end to the week with a day at Sidmouth Science Festival with a wind tunnel rocket display for Super Science Saturday, and a poster of information about the Norman Lockyer Observatory, plus a painting of a train at Dawlish by John Meacham. John is keen …
w/e 16 August Times have indeed changed. I have just read a Facebook comment that ‘My little girl is wanting a birthday party for her 6th birthday but doesn’t want to go to the local sports centre as she’s been to so many there already.’ Oh my word, my friends and I at that …
Report of visit to Sherwood Observatory 27 July 2026 On arrival we were warmly welcomed by the staff and volunteers. After having our tickets checked, we looked at the exhibits outside the planetarium. These included reference to a local engineer who had made some spectroscopic equipment for a certain Sir Norman Lockyer. There was a …
It was with much relief that I learned my daughter’s troubled house move had finally taken place and she was in her new home with the much-loved house bunnies. They had travelled well by all accounts. The new crescent moon shone happily down on them all. It does beg the question as to how …
Hello and welcome to another year of stargazing. Among the articles about the Star of Bethlehem I said there would surely be, there was one by a Mark Matney suggesting the object may have been a comet. This is not a new idea, indeed there were several plausible ideas put forward in a book …
Better late than never, here is a round up of starry night sights for January: Welcome to another year of astronomical observing prompts and miscellany, which gets off to a cracking start with news of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe which has been steadily nearing the sun since 2018. By the time you hear this, …
This is a gentle guide to observable astronomy and designed to whet your appetite for enjoying the darker skies.
Beyond the Horizon contains lots of info within fun space adventure stories with Danny, Lucy and Peter.
