Rain forecast for later here.

An eclipse especially for our wedding anniversary! 59 years.  Telegram from the king next year if we make it ☺️

I remember one day she asked me
To go make her a  cup of tea
But I got talking to Dot
And completely forgot
Which was quite rude, I must agree.

It's nice to see family now and again
All the time would be a pain
No peace to read or have a snooze

Its a bit grey and breezy, there's a huge music festival in our local park, it'll be sod's law for them if we get a downpour.  My plants would be happy though. 

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Taa.

Here you go, Klondie:


https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/uk

I'll need to take a walk to see it I think as it's quite late - somewhere about 7pm iirc so it's going to be low and my westerly horizon from home is probably going to be too cluttered with housing. I'll have to find a good spot up on the hill beforehand. There is a big open space around an ancient hill fort so hopefully there'll be somewhere with a viewpoint.

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/space-astronomy/how-see-12-august-2026-partial-solar-eclipse

7:12pm maximum from London according to that running from 6:17 to 8:06 bit earlier the further North you are

Quote from: klondike on July 24, 2026, 05:59:57 PMAmazon is my backstop if the eBay ones are junk. Most of the Amazon ones seem to be multi pack and eBay is one pair with a better frame.

Yes, I ordered a pack of 5 ....famiy will want to steal mine no doubt

Ask her next time she goes wandering around the parallel dimensions to take one back in time so she's shiny new again. If she manages that OK I'd like to borrow her - I've got something old and wearing out that needs a refresher.