“I never could get the hang of Thursdays”, is what I tweeted the day before I was travelling to Cambridge. It had been a more-than-usual hectic week. Even the three hour train trip to the ferry almost seemed too short. I realised I like trains so much because they force me to do nothing. I […]
To end an Astrofest weekend properly, we – the amateur astronomers who met via the Zooniverse – are always drawn to the same pub before we’re homeward bound. This last little blog entry is about that day and has a few more pictures to share for the friends who were there, the curious people at […]
In between and after Astrofest, we usually end up in the Devonshire arms (their eggs benedict are terrific) and of course there’s the annual visit to Bella Vista. Here are a few memories from these occasions. First of all, there’s me showing off my honorary British passport Todd once got me for a birthday. He […]
A special little Astrofest blog from me is dedicated to the crochet scale models of Jupiter’s moons from the organisers of the National Astronomy Week, which started today. After the Astrofest lectures, they were presented on stage and everyone was invited to have their picture taken with a moon or two. They asked to tweet […]
I have a couple of more pictures and anecdotes to share from the Astrofest weekend and I’ll post them over the next few days. In this one you can see a few of my friends at the event. In the first picture I’m posing with the lovely Brian, who told me about Farthings and the […]
