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Cold room, poor heating.
The local astronomy
meeting was great fun.

Astronomy is one of my many interests, and tonight was the Astrobasics meeting for my local society, Reading Astronomical Society. The Astrobasics meetings take place at a wetland nature reserve close to Reading in a building that is freely available to local groups and societies. It’s a lovely wildlife location in the day time, and at night it is a remarkably dark area and ideal for night sky viewing.

As with all such venues, the lighting, heating and insulation are a challenge, so there were 20 or so of us all rugged up in our layers of warm clothing, watching a presentation on Mars and oblivious to the cold. After the talk was tea and biscuits, followed by Q&A and general chit-chat.

Not a bad way to spend a Saturday evening once a month.