News that is somewhat past its use by date, but worth a brief mention. Leicester was fortunate enough to benefit from a clear sky for the solar eclipse a week or so ago, and so Chantal and I joined several others from the office to take half an hour or so “time-off-in-lieu” and went outside to see what we could see of the spectacle. Chantal and some of her colleagues ascended to the rooftop level of a nearby car park, obviously hoping to get a better view by reducing the 149,600,000 km distance to the sun by 40m or so.
Me and colleague stayed at ground level, where I located a convenient tinted window of a solicitors office to see the reflected image of the sun – I’m not sure what those in the office thought of two people apparently closely examining the office ceiling through the window.
The light was certainly somewhat eerie during the eclipse – sort of pre-dusk, but still with a vague glow – what, at the end of the day, you would call “gloaming”. To be honest, if you didn’t know about the eclipse, you would have probably just blamed a dark cloud over the sun.
I managed to see the reflected eclipse in the office window, although in practice, thanks to secondary glazing, what I was seeing was reflection of a reflection. We were glad that we made the effort though.
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
