The Market Theatre, the first theatre in the world to open in Y2K!
Bored by Cotswold Morris? You've heard of real bread
and real ale?
Have a look at
Silurian Border Morrismen of Ledbury's site to find out what Real Morris
is all about.
Silurian is 40 in 2009 - see some photos of our Worcs. Tour
Why the Total Eclipse above? I took this photo about 25km north of Bucharest on 11th August 1999, where we got a good viewing. See more - shame about Cornwall....
Sometimes during an eclipse, the moon is too far away to cover the Sun's disc completely. Such an occasion was the Annular Eclipse of 3rd October 2005, which I witnessed during a cycling holiday in Spain.
Further on matters astronomical, check out Celestia - a fantastic solar system (and further afield) simulator that runs under Windows. The best part is that it's free!! You'll need a good graphics card, but otherwise it works reasonably well on an 800MHz machine. If you get into using its script files to re-run eclipses, etc, you will need a Julian Date calculator. My version, which was cribbed from the US Navy's site, also works in timezones east of London(?!?) - see more.
Want an accurate clock? Click here for an explanation of why the US government's official clock doesn't necessarily display the correct time for your local timezone.
Steve Glennie-Smith