The Milky Way In A Power-Cut
So there I am in our holiday cottage in Kirkcowan (on The Machars, Wigtownshire, Dumfries & Galloway) reading in the bath at midnight when the lights flickered. Once. Twice. Three times. The fourth time they never came back on: a power-cut caused by the gales sweeping Scotland. My wife Mairi advised going to bed but after I'd located the towel in the dark plus my PJs & then retrieved my lenser P7 from the car I realised this was a rare opportunity too good to miss...
The whole village was pitch black & this was the main street. I shone a torch in our living-room to make it stand out. I like the wee shooting star fortuitously captured top right. My oldest kids loved that The Milky Way seems to be pointing at their bedroom!
The Milky Way In A Power-Cut
So there I am in our holiday cottage in Kirkcowan (on The Machars, Wigtownshire, Dumfries & Galloway) reading in the bath at midnight when the lights flickered. Once. Twice. Three times. The fourth time they never came back on: a power-cut caused by the gales sweeping Scotland. My wife Mairi advised going to bed but after I'd located the towel in the dark plus my PJs & then retrieved my lenser P7 from the car I realised this was a rare opportunity too good to miss...
The whole village was pitch black & this was the main street. I shone a torch in our living-room to make it stand out. I like the wee shooting star fortuitously captured top right. My oldest kids loved that The Milky Way seems to be pointing at their bedroom!