Spending the weekend on lake Pokegama (Po- Keg-Ama, not Pokey-Gamma) in Grand Rapids gave a nice opportunity to get some really dark skies for astronomy and astrophotography. The first evening was overcast until well past my bed-time. The second evening was pretty special. Around 10pm, the milky way was glowing overhead, the constellations were hard …
Category Archives: Travel
Minnesota
I’m in Minnesota, Minneapolis to be precise for the next few weeks. It’s pretty with autumnal colours.
Amsterdam.
The flight from Southend Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol is surprisingly quick. Barely have you got comfortable in the seat with your book open, and easyjet have given up trying to sell you bacon rolls, and you’re about to land again. We stayed in an Airbnb place in the Emmastraat area of Amsterdam, a 4th floor …
Canaries? What canaries?
A week in the canary islands and I’ve not seen a single canary. Have I been lied to?
Canary islands
Gone to the Canary Islands to explore volcanoes, drink wine and stargaze. It rained all day yesterday. Today was rather better.