On the way up Moel Siabod today.

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Patagonia sizing tends to be pretty consistent year to year. I've been a medium for about 25 years of their clothing! So if he has anything else from them in an XL, it should be fine.

The only caveat will be their running kit which runs tighter.

Nope, It's M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy) - much smaller, much fainter, 21m Ly away. No way you'll see this with your eye unlike Andromeda and it's "close" 4m Ly. Andromeda is a beast to image, really large and my sensor isn't :) Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn - all visible tonight. Conditions are s...

First clear night in weeks. Ran the camera all night with sub zero temps and clear skies. This is a quick process to check what data I captured, but I am happy with that I have to work with! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54241767603_f168b7dd1c_b.jpg M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy by Greg.May , on Flickr

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Ok...something very different from me. M81 and M82.

M81 and M82 by Greg.May, on Flickr

I've fallen down a very interesting rabbit hole of late.

No accidental ditch sleeping, I applaud you :)

I'll try to do the same on Wednesday.

Agreed Dave.

I drank a surprising number of beers on my TDR run. Was not as planned, but it was usually when chatting with locals. I recall somewhere in Montana having food with NewRetroTom and having beers and burgers bought by locals. They really wanted us to stay and chat. Stupidly we opted to ride and then s...

Prefer Tangerine Dream myself but each to their own.

Because fast is fun.

Keen to hear a few more details about Greg's ditch circumstances... Ex-cycle courier. BIG night out in Dublin with mates at end of office parties effectively shut down the trade. I lived not far away, along the coast, cycling home along cycle track beside sea-wall segregated from road about 2 or 3a...

Same question, add in HT550/ 3PXCX / UTMB

Because people want to. Simple enough.

I've previously bivied after a staff do. By far a reason not to get so smashed that I couldn't cycle where I needed to go.

I have also slept in a ditch in my 20s after a X-mas do, but that was not exactly by choice or plan. Or in anyway related to bikepacking :)

Roads closed in and out od Hebden Saturday and Sunday. Town flooded, but up to the barriers on the shops, so most only got a few mm of water in. River came close to the 2016 mark when it burst. Thankfully, didn't.

Can't explain how happy I am with this - a huge step in progress for me. Happy I managed to time it with a transit of the Red Spot. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54152410090_d8828745e8_o.jpg Jupiter by Greg.May , on Flickr And why not, the other thing that's easy to point at: https://live.stat...

Kiss or Kill, Twight.

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Swirl How over the weekend. Perfect weather in Lakeland.

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Part 1 of a longer term plan.

That's an excellent shot. Slightly tighter crop on the LHS to take out the horse butt (maybe a rock) on the land horizon and it's even better.

This is a test image - the foreground is blurred as I haven't edited it yet. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53930798807_3671d379d6_c.jpg StarStaX_DSC08594-DSC08598_gap_filling-Edit.jpg by Greg.May , on Flickr It's a stack of 5 90s subs - foreground trails as it was taken using a tracking mount....

Such a wonderful addition to the building. It's a phenomenal space to spend time in.

Last ones before I head off on hollybobs. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53895992825_e1cce6f912_c.jpg DSC08512-Edit.jpg by Greg.May , on Flickr And a glimpse of my winter plans, about to dive into the wonderful world of wide field astrophotography: this is a test shot with 8 stacked frames of 1...

Rick.. better... not by much.. he irritates me with his incessant prattling.

Oli is excellent.

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