title	Eclipse and Chips, Brome, Suffolk - 12th August 2026
intro	There's a 90% partical eclipse over Suffolk, so we're out on the patio with a fancy welding mask and the glass from a less-fancy welding mask, as well as Nosher's old childhood telescope which is doing back projections. Just before the peak, Isobel returns with Harry after karate class armed with a couple of large portions of chips, making it officially Eclipse and Chips. Later that evening, as if a good partial eclipse wasn't enough of an astronomical event, it's also the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower, so we all sit on the lawn watching the night skies for a bit.
imgp1573	Fred's ready with a welding mask
imgp1577	The eclipse is well underway
imgp1579	Cat is fairly unimpressed with it all
imgp1585	Fred's shadow fingers are all eclipses 
imgp1588	An old telescope does some solar projections
imgp1592	The partial eclipse reaches its local climax
imgp1596	Hundreds of crescent suns appear on the porch
imgp1599	Harry and Isobel get back from karate
imgp1605	Crescent suns on the shed
imgp1606	Isobel and the boys watch a bit more
imgp1608	Cat watches the proceedings 
imgp1609	It's noticeably dim over the side field
imgp1616	A washing-line fleece is covered in crescents
imgp1619	Shadows are all crescents as well
imgp1621	Isobel with a welder's mask
imgp1631	There's a Perseid above the tree
imgp1635	A satellite crosses the Mily Way