Simon Parkin and the Meridian Weather film team – together with satellite transmission van – did a live broadcast from the New Forest Observatory on 15/02/2013, the evening of the near miss flyby of the asteroid. Here are a couple … Continue reading
I was sitting at the computer yesterday (Saturday) typing out some rubbish or the other when for some unknown reason I suddenly twigged how those “Little Planet” images are taken. So I grabbed the Canon 5D MkII and a fish … Continue reading
As it continues to pour with rain here in the New Forest – thoughts go back to the hot, dry days at the Starmus Festival in Tenerife June this year 🙂
Here are a few pictures from the day – I still can’t believe how lucky we were with the weather. Had a few drops of rain first thing in the morning just to put the scarers on us – then … Continue reading
As summer definitely starts retreating and autumn approaches a bit too rapidly – thoughts go back to a warmer time at the Starmus Festival on Tenerife – June 2011. This is the sumptuous Abama Hotel where most of the Festival … Continue reading
A very lively party at Sir Patrick’s last night, all the usual suspects present. This was a double celebration of the 700th Sky at Night, and Sir Patrick’s birthday (which was the day before). Sir Patrick had supposedly invited 70 … Continue reading
For some reason an incident that happened when I was 19 years old entered my mind twice today (early signs maybe?). Perhaps this account will be of some use to somebody out there, you never know, it might even save … Continue reading
Sir Patrick had a Whisky tasting event he hosted at Farthings on 17th September 2010 and we were educated in all things distilled by Dr. Andrew M. Forrester who is the Balvenie Ambassador U.K. Some rather fine Whiskies were sampled … Continue reading
Sir Patrick Moore hosted one of his legendary St. George’s Day parties from his Selsey home. The camera-shake was real as he wielded his Sword of St. George with a little too much enthusiasm 🙂
My son Adam Parker recently graduated with a degree in Journalism and has been writing articles for local newspaper, the Lyminton Times. In today’s edition there is an example of his work where he describes our recent visit to Sir … Continue reading
