Nightwatch - on Harting Down [part2]

. . . if you braved the snow along the South Downs way, you were guided by a line of candle-lanterns till the you were able to see, emerging from a fold in the Down . . . .




. . . a brilliantly lit NT marque. Inside, there was bacon-butty-grilling, hot-soup pouring, a display from our friends of the Sussex Bat Group, and another featuring owls.

The dull & cloudy night cleared up just enough for John Mason of the South Downs Planeterium to point out the visible stars & nebulae . . . it was a beautiful night, & all credit to Simon, Fiona, & Lisa of Woolbeding Countryside for being such imaginative hosts.
(photo credit to: Archie Hawkes)