At last the Northern Lights (but we missed them)

Thursday 11th November 2010
Thursday was a beautiful day so i took Molly down to the beachand sat about on the sand throwing balls for her. It is the first time that she has been loose on the beach since she started refusing to come back. The string with a stick on the end works wonders. She knows that I can catch her easily by standing on the string so she doesn't bother to run off and even comes back when she is told to.

Thursday night there was a splendid display of the northern lights but as is the norm, we missed it. I did not know anything about it until I read Radio Orkney's Facebook page on Friday morning when they had a spectacular photo of them. I suppose that there will be others so no panic. Next year is supposed to be a peak year in the solar activity cycle so there should be lots of good chances to see them.