It's coming up to the summer equinox, me being up with the kids every morning means that these long, summer (well, spring really) days and stargazing don't really mix. I could be doing other things like gardening, catching up on some video games that have missed my attention, ANYTHING! So what am I doing? Making another fair dent in the money I made from selling my record collection on more astro gear. I'm hardly going to get the chance to use it over the next 6 weeks or so. I picked up a 'well used' TAL 100R a few weeks back and now I've got a diagonal, I'm dying to have a look through it. But even with the long days, the cloud cover recently has been ridiculous. I'm prepared to get a short night's sleep to get some scope time in but the people upstairs must be having a giggle at my expense. Swines. Weather warnings for heavy rain in this part of the world over the next 24 hours just make this even better! At least SGL is keeping me (almost) sane, I feel like a thirsty man in the middle of the Sahara.