I would just like to say

Stone56 said:

People that have stayed with us are amazed by it and sit out side at night just to look at it , and the mandatory drinks of course, but when you see it you can but think that there must be other life formes out there

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We get bats flying around as well. Do you?
They live under our house and eat mozzies, which is great!!

When I was visiting W in her hospicle bed I was struck by all the electronix that surrounded her, and was obvious on all the trollies etc that the nurses and "medical assistants" were pushing around.
W had a morphine pump that was beeping constantly. The screen said "running low" or summat. When an assistant sort of blokey came to see her, I pointed it out to him (as he seemed blind to it) and also the drip that wasn't...well...dripping.
So he didn't touch either.
So when what was apparently a nurse hove up, I had a little chat with her about both.
She sorted out the drip but said that she couldn't do anything with the morphine pump as she wasn't qualified on it!
So we had a bit of a laugh about all this, with W agreeing that I had my washing machine and tumble dryer certificates and was an instructor on the dishwasher.
But honestly, what happened to the nurses in their lovely uniforms with enamel kidney dishes with reusable syringes etc, that I remember my ma having in her doctor's bags? Much greener than all the one-use stuff that fills bags of rubbish that has to be specially disposed off.

Stone56 said:

On a good clear night here we can see the entire milky way so many stars and planets it makes you feel like a speck of dust the colours are amazing I keep threatening to get a telescope, on a side note I worked on two of the domes well re-built them at Cambridge observatory was there for 6 months scaffolders had fun trying to make square things fit a round dome surprising how large thay are, well worth a visit on thear open days and nights

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Tip long telescope for planets short for galaxy. There's a variety of telescopes that people can get confused with. A chap on YouTube called Ed Ting will give you best advice.
Oddly enough for domes you can buy for as little as £3000+ or convert a metal shed to slide the roof off. I was thinking about the latter some day. It's a fascinating hobby in equipment and astronomy even if things go pear shaped.