Carrauntoohil

I quite like to walk up hills and mountains. For this reason, I’ve come to Ireland to walk the highest peak here: Carrauntoohil. More later, when I’ve done it. The route up to the top takes in a semi-semi-wet waterfall: the devil’s ladder. This was a real scramble, requiring hands, feet, knees and just about …

Angular resolution of the dome of Planetarium of Majorca from Palma

WOW – what a clickbait title that is… Back from having spent a few days between Christmas and New Year in Palma, Majorca. On the last day there I noticed I could just see the dome of the Planetarium of Majorca (or the telescope dome, I’m not sure which) from the hotel terrace. Seeing conditions …