title	The Northern Lights and a Pool Tournament, Brome, Suffolk - 10th May 2024
intro	We're up at the village hall in Brome for a pool tournament, although we don't get to enter as we're too late for that. Marc and Suey also happen to be there, where Marc ends up playing Exploding Kittens with Isobel and the boys whilst Suey does her pool hustling thing and nearly gets through to the final. Meanwhile, Fred's already been talking about the possible showing of the Northern Lights, which were forecast to appear at around midnight. However, when we get home at around 11pm they're already showing, so we spend a magic hour or so in the fields watching them. It's quite the occasion as having been to Finland at least three times, Sweden three times and Iceland once, with no sightings at all, it's quite something to finally see them vividly, right over the house - and we probably would have missed them if we hadn't decided to go up the the village hall at the last minute. Oh, and there's a curious symmetry in these photos between the red of Harry's hoody and the green of the pool-table baize, and the pinks and greens of the lights. There are a few similar photos of the aurora in this set, but then it could well be a once-in-a-lifetime moment, after all it's been nearly 57 years to get to finally see them.
imgp1846	Harry interacts with Carpet Doge
imgp1847	Suey and Marc have a game of stick
imgp1849	The boys in the village hall bar
imgp1850	Harry gets a go of the other dog
imgp1851	The game is on
imgp1853	Tim offers some shot advice
imgp1856	Stick-game action in the village hall
imgp1860	Marc plays Exploding Kittens with the gang
imgp1868	Nigel and Suey play the semi-final
imgp1872	Suey narrowly loses by one ball
imgp1875	Nigel goes on to win the tournament
imgp1886	The Northern Lights are over the house
imgp1890	Bright pinks and greens over the side field
imgp1899	A curtain of light
imgp1906	Another view of the aurora over the house
imgp1908	There's a nice twisty display going on
imgp1910	Looking straight up into the sky
imgp1919	More curtains of light
imgp1928	Fred and Isobel look at the aurora
imgp1931	The sky is almost full of light
imgp1935	A final look at the lights