26/03/2025 - Slow-mo bat flight

Evening walk after work. Nice to see the bats back out round sunset. It was still quite light, normally more into twilight before we see them. Bats are so magic to watch fly.

21/03/2025 - Evening walk after work. I felt tired today. The air was good for the head. Cloudy and not too cold. Staying light for longer now so didn't need the headtorch. Saw my first Dog's Mercury of spring. I've been looking for them the last week as we don't get much round here. A nice find that made me happy.

19/03/2025 - Cold night on the hill. We took the scope with us on our evening walk. The sky was clear but slightly hazy. Tonight's photo is of the flaming star nebula. Whilst waiting (photo took about 2hrs) the aurora popped by to say hello. Quick snap with my camera (bit wobbly as I didn't have my tripod), it didn't last long but it was nice.

18/03/2025 - We had another visit to the Pacman Nebula tonight. This time no moon and clear sky. Really happy with the photo. Nebula looks so nice and the amount of stars round it, wow! The night sky really is a big place just full of lovely stuff. We tried a new dark spot on the hill this evening, not as far as my ankle is still a problem. Turned out a pretty good place for the scope.

17/03/2025 - Things I see on my evening walk - A fallen tetromino.

#PhotoOfTheDay from our #EveningWalk

My dog and my boots match the leaves..

12/02/2025 - Evening walk to shake away the working day. Twilight just a little bit later now. The full moon was hiding behind the clouds. A sleepy pheasant in a tree. I had snacks in my pocket to get me to tea.

05/02/2025 - An evening spent galaxy hopping. We walked up the hill with the scope. Found a quiet spot and tried to take photos of some of the galaxies round Ursa Major. The moon was high so the sky wasn't that dark and a bit hazy maybe. We were there for about 3hrs, chilly but we had fun.

3 snaps (30 mins each one) going clockwise

M81 Cigar Galaxy
M82 Bode's Galaxy
(The Garland Galaxy, below right)

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

#EveningWalk

#EveningWalk

(...was trying to get some bird shots, but just too cold & too low light and... oh man, _that_ sky!)

31/12/2024 - Goodbye 2024

Last walk of the year. Up and round the hill. We took tea with us and sat in the dark, munching away and chatting about the year. It has had its ups and downs but we have made it through.

Take care out there everyone.

27/12/2024 - Evening visit to Tap o' Noth. A fine hill in Aberdeenshire with a magic hillfort on top. Cloudy but we saw a few stars later. Temperature starting to drop now after the last few mild days. We reached the trigpoint about an hour after sunset. We sat within the ramparts and had our tea and a brew. An hour flew by and the sky turned dark. It was time to make our way down and home. A magic visit, I like this place very much.

Yesterday's sunset for #silentsunday.

We walked past a lane of beech trees that hadn't lost their leaves yet (many goofy dog pics still to edit)

22/11/2024 - Evening walk after tea. It was a little below chilly tonight. Bit icy underfoot. The stars were nice. Happy the working week is done. Tomorrow's weather looks rubbish so it was good to get out this evening for a few hours.