Tis now blowing a gale up here on Lewis, rain is in the air and it has clouded over....doesn't bode well for those who are planning to try and watch the Lunar Standstill at Callanish tonight. Don't think I'll bother....
Spent all day up there yesterday; it was breezy (kept away the midges) and really sunny, barely a cloud in the sky.....the moon rose spectacularly from the feet of Sleeping Beauty, huge and glowing bright orange, at around midnight.....it then started to rise and a big black cloud started to cross it; at one point in looked like a Hallowe'en pumpkin! Having had perfect weather all day, we were defeated by ominous black clouds from then on. We occasionally saw the orange glow through the clouds but we never saw the moon again and the point when it should have been poitioned between the 2 stones, it had disappeared completely.
So...disappointment after such an amazing day but there was a really great atmosphere (if a few too many hippies playing bongos and maracas for my liking) and I was slightly irked at the need for the local church members to sing Amazing Grace 17 times in a row, whilst handing out pamphlets about how we need to turn to Christ. I'm sure they wouldn't like ancient festivals and beliefs!
Anyway, it was a really great experience, despite the fact that I didn't meet 1 solitary TMAer at all. Is it something I said????
I also managed to get a look at the 2 possible new circles which I mentioned here a few months ago. Having seen the pix I thought they looked pretty plausible but now I've seen them, I'm not so sure. I will post my pix and details
Oh yeah, my weirdest experience of the evening was talking to a woman who had decided to come to Lewis form S Wales to exprience the Standstill after reading about it in ....wait for it...The Daily Mail!!! How bizarre is that?
Vxx
