Serious question - is it all confirmed for this weekend 27/28 July?
Who else intends to go?
Mark
I'm up for Saturday can't do Friday weather permitting .
Julian
The forecast for the weekend looks pretty dire. Hopefully it will get better as the week goes on. Looks like the Olympic Opening Ceremony will be a complete washout.
I'm going if the forecast improves. Thunderstorms aren't attractive on a campsite.
the weather has to be ok
I really want to go this weekend as it's been way too long but the forecast would need to improve a lot before it would be worth it.
I'll be setting up in my garden, I have room for two tents if anyone wants to come over Saturday.
If so PM me, not as dark as the other place though.
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Thunderstorms aren't attractive on a campsite.
I enjoy thunderstorms while camping - the deafening sound of heavy raindrops pounding on the canvas whilst I'm tucked up safe and snug in a sleeping bag. It brings one close to nature.
The weather forecasters will only say that the hot spell will come to an end on Friday but refuse to be drawn on whether it will go out with a bang or a whimper. I suppose they don't be to be caught out with a wrong forecast for the Opening Ceremony.
Well the forecast for the weekend looks a lot better today than it did yesterday. Hopefully it will continue to improve. Even if it's only good enough to do a bit of visual i'll go.
i will not be coming now. I have done something to my right buttock (I can hear you laughing already!) It is like i have a knife in my side. sitting down is like falling on my sword!! ok when i get walking around but one false move is a BIG problem. going to doctor tomorrow.
Really sorry to hear that Fay. Sounds really painful.
Carole
Fay,
I think you give us to much information sometimes. :roll:
I hope the pain in your but-tock (Forrest Gump) is better soon.
Tony G
thanks Carole, Tony. I did not know how to word it!!!!!!!
I had a pain in my right buttock when I was heavily pregnant - it stemmed from the lower pelvis where the ligaments had collapsed (which I blame on the heavy lifting from my nursing days) and everything was pressing on the nerve. I was in so much pain at times that people kept thinking I was in labour. Still get a bit of Jip from it from time to time, but nothing like it was at that time.
I'd better be careful when out shopping then! Don't want to rushed off to the labour ward!!
:cheesy: :cheesy:
Sounds like a right pain in the arse :o
Well somebody had to say it :roll:
Oh dear, I'm very sorry to hear that Fay. It's probably it's just a trapped nerve which should clear in a few days.
Hope it gets better quickly.
robert
Quote from: Carole on Jul 24, 2012, 11:14:55
I had a pain in my right buttock when I was heavily pregnant
Fay,
YOUR NOT PREGNANT ARE YOU :o
You do hear about these people who have children that didn't even know they were pregnant.
You'll be on the Jeremy Kyle show next week.
Tony G
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
thanks Robert
Fay,
I have just forwarded your email and mobile onto inquiries@jeremyk.co.uk so they should be getting in contact shortly.
Don't forget to where an OAS t-shirt.
By what I have seen already, you always wanted to be a TV star. ;)
Tony G
Sounds painfull Fay.
Sorry to hear that Fay. Hope you recover soon.
I'm definitely going as long as there are others. I can taste the weird French stuff already but I guess we'll have to do without Dita Von Teese.
Mark
hopefully we will all have a good August!!!! the rain has knocked us all sideways somewhat
If Mike's going and Mark sounds like he's going (he can't do without a spot of wierd french stuff in someone else's field even if it's a bit warm) then I'm definitely going. The weather forecast looks a lot better - get the french sh1t in the freezer Mark!
PS get well Fay :unwell:
thanks Duncan
I can walk ok but not sit or lie down or bend. If u go to rother I will visit on saturday if I can sit in car ok.
I've made an online booking request.
Mark
Is this at Rother Valley?
Carole
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Is this at Rother Valley?
I hope so because that's where I sent my booking!
I've just sent my booking request for two nightsl. See you there Mark.
Not sure what time I'll arrive Fri night - they're starting up the St Pancras High Speed shuttle to Stratford for the Olympics and cutting down the number of High Speed commuter trains. No idea how bad the effect will be for my travel home.
I'm hoping to get down as early as i can to avoid the rain. Saturday night looks like it will be clear.
If the forecast for Saturday remains clear I may come down for one night.
Carole
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Saturday night looks like it will be clear.
Yes - Saturday is looking hopeful :-)
Just booked for Saturday night.
Julian
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I'm hoping to get down as early as i can to avoid the rain. Saturday night looks like it will be clear.
Latest forecast is that the highest risk of thunderstorms is during Friday afternoon. They should have passed over by early evening.
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Not sure what time I'll arrive Fri night - they're starting up the St Pancras High Speed shuttle to Stratford for the Olympics and cutting down the number of High Speed commuter trains. No idea how bad the effect will be for my travel home.
I was wrong - Olympic timetable starts on Saturday :-)
I'm soooo looking forward to this weekend - it's ages since I've been along to a DSC.
My Sat Box is already set to record the opening ceremony and the men's cycling road race :-)
Mark
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Not sure what time I'll arrive Fri night - they're starting up the St Pancras High Speed shuttle to Stratford for the Olympics and cutting down the number of High Speed commuter trains. No idea how bad the effect will be for my travel home.
I was wrong - Olympic timetable starts on Saturday :-)
No, the Olympic timetable and the Olympic High Speed Shuttle has already started. The special timetables they've been handing out for the last few weeks are wrong :-(
So..... not sure what time I'll arrive Fri night
Just arrived at the field. Nobody else is here yet. It's nice and sunny :)
Rose and I hope to get down tomorrow afternoon, with a bit of luck. So, a cuppa won`t go amiss :D
Doug.
Four of us turned up yesterday. Last night it was cloudy so no chance of any astronomy. We just sat around and chatted, drinking beer, cider and wine.
This morning is cloudy again. The fore cast is saying cloudy up until just after midday then it will clear a bit. I think tonight probably won't be good enough for imaging but should be good enough for visual.
That's a bummer Mike, was just thinking of coming down tonight, but my trusty YR.NO site says it will be clear all night.
http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Northiam~2641331/hour_by_hour.html
What's the condition of the ground there?
Carole
Ground is very hard and cracking. Bring a mallet for the tent pegs.
Well hopefully your forecast is the correct one and it will be clear.
As Mark say's the ground is bone dry and hard. You definitely need a mallet to get the pegs in. I don't know why you keep thinking it's boggy all the time here. It's been baking hot sun for the last week remember.
Its nice and warm now and we are all outside enjoying the weather.
Official SQM reading 20.9
Milky way very obvious.
Thanks Julian for the 1am hotdogs!!!
Hope you had a good night. it was clear here except for the moon. decide not to go outside as I have had 4 very late nights in a row.
How's your bum ?
still not too good. i did take painkillers last night to get some sleep, and I think it is a bit better today. although I said that before & I went into remission :(
We did have a good night Fay. It was clear all nght and got better the later it was. Some of us were doing imaging and others visual. We had some great views through Duncan's and Mark's scopes of the Witches Broom and M27. Later on we looked at Jupiter and its 4 moons rising over the eastern horizon. Then Julian cooked some hot dogs which we were eating at about 3am. Everyone packed up and retired to bed shortly after that.
Glad you had a good night. i knew you would, as I was the sacrificial lamb!!!!!! :lol:
Quotewe were eating at about 3am. Everyone packed up and retired to bed shortly after that.
But I had set the alarm and got up again, (bummer I missed the hotdogs), and finally got to bed at 4.15 - getting off to sleep was more problematic and I had to put my earplugs in due to stereo snoring. :cheesy:
Looks like we packed up and left in the nick of time with the rain today. So looks like my YR.NO website was pretty much accurate.
QuoteI don't know why you keep thinking it's boggy all the time here
I suppose it's recollections of Mick getting stuck in the mud in the past that makes me think that. There has been a lot more rain than sunshine in recent weeks.
Had a great time though, nice to see Mark and Julian who I've not seen for a while and every-one else of course and I finally got to try out the yummy weird French stuff, my obsy still smelt of it this morning.
A great DSC.
Carole