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The Eclipse

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  • Twizzle
    Twizzle Posts: 14
    On holiday in Perranporth this week so will get a great view. 
    We've got 10 pairs of specs between 14 of us.
    Other son ordered some off Amazon last Friday. Delivery is on Thurs. Great!
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 30,056
    anyone got any idea where i can pick up some eclipse glasses, mrs is pretty obsessed with going to see it and is determined that we need a pair 
    Amazon sell them for cheap 
    With free delivery on Friday 14th! 🤪
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 30,056
    A couple of weeks ago, I looked into a trip to Reykjavík for the eclipse. Price put me off, £2k for a three night stay. Will be going to Spain next year for the big one instead. 

  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 28,108
    I’ll probably miss it which is a shame .  I go into Addenbrooks hospital today for a few weeks . 
    good luck @Bedsaddick
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 19,437
    Thinking of you, Beds x
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,580
    Unfortunately being in Canary Wharf at the time of the eclipse all I'll see is a bunch of street lights come on for about half an hour as the buildings will block anything else
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 36,654
    In 1999 I was on holiday in Devon and was a bit disappointed as it was a bit cloudy. 

    This evening I'll be watching from home. Should gave a good view as our flat faces west & about 3 storeys high. Usually get a good view of sunsets so looking forward to it. 
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 22,034
    In 1999 I was on holiday in Devon and was a bit disappointed as it was a bit cloudy. 

    This evening I'll be watching from home. Should gave a good view as our flat faces west & about 3 storeys high. Usually get a good view of sunsets so looking forward to it. 

    I was in north London in 1999 and although cloudy it was still quite a bizarre event - darkness, it got cold very quickly, and birds so confused they were flying straight to the trees thinking it was night time.  
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,227
    I was stood on an outside terrace/ledge at my then office in London Docklands near Limeharbour DLR
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 48,540
    edited August 12
    Gives you an idea of the distances involved. The moon will block out the sun (ok partially). You can fit over 64 million moons in the sun!

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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 22,034
    Gives you an idea of the distances involved. The moon will block out the sun (ok partially). You can fit over 64 million moons in the sun!

    Father Ted explains to Dougal the difference between small
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 35,025
    All the best @Bedsaddick
  • Slartibartfast
    Slartibartfast Posts: 1,163
    Saw the 99 eclipse at Beachy Head, was a bit of cloud but still spectacular and also quite eerie.
    Will watch today from back garden in Hampden Park. (not Glasgow!)
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 73,107
    Best wishes Bedsaddick. 

    By pure chance I'm in SW France, in the 99.4% area. Indeed i didn't even know about the eclipse until talking to a British couple on a vineyard tour yesterday,  as they're driving to Spain today for it.

    On my TGV train to Bayonne this morning,  SNCF were giving out free eclipse glasses. I'm heading for Biaritz as the beach will have a great westward view.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 18,694
    Got some glasses - gonna wonder down to avery hill as aparently its decent to see it from there!
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 48,540
    I was on my honeymoon on Puerto Vallarta, Mexico when the last one happened so missed it. I'll be dead for the one after this so better have a look at this one!
  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 5,240
    Got some glasses - gonna wonder down to avery hill as aparently its decent to see it from there!
    Probably see someone with a Southampton jacket on👀
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 22,034
    Anyone using a colander to witness the eclipse, make sure it doesn’t strain your eyes.

    Pirates and the Monkey Rimshot gif  rmovies

    :)
  • CAFCBourne
    CAFCBourne Posts: 3,893
    On the west coast menorca and they are very excited by it may stick my head out and take a look does it last long?

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  • swordfish
    swordfish Posts: 4,335
    edited August 12
    I have the colander at the ready to put on my head, but do I have to take the peelings out first?
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,894
    I’ll probably miss it which is a shame .  I go into Addenbrooks hospital today for a few weeks . 
    Very best wishes and thinking of you from afar.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,750
    I’ll probably miss it which is a shame .  I go into Addenbrooks hospital today for a few weeks . 
    Good luck Beds, will be thinking of you.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,746
    Very best wishes, Bedsaddick. 
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,968
    I was in Cork City for the 1999 one, it was cloudy but you did notice things getting a bit dimmer. The locals assured me that they got an eclipse "Every feckin' day".
  • All the best Beds.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 10,251
    The live chat on that channel shows how moronic some people can be. 
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,466
    Best wishes Bedsaddick. 

    By pure chance I'm in SW France, in the 99.4% area. Indeed i didn't even know about the eclipse until talking to a British couple on a vineyard tour yesterday,  as they're driving to Spain today for it.

    On my TGV train to Bayonne this morning,  SNCF were giving out free eclipse glasses. I'm heading for Biaritz as the beach will have a great westward view.
    All glasses sold out in La Roche sur Yon and the city of Nantes today.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 73,107
    There were MASSIVE queues at a pharmacy in Bayonne which had them. I was really lucky that SNCF were giving them out.