Alan Gosling and John Craythorne went back to school for a day on 8th March. We were invited to spend a day talking to and interacting with all the pupils and staff at Holly Meadows Primary School, Pott Road, near King’s Lynn.

With a variety of illustrated guides to Space, the Solar System, and the Universe at large, we also gave the youngest children the chance to be a part of a scale model of the Solar System using our 2m high image of the Sun and various fruits to represent the planets.

The day was a follow up to a very successful children and parent evening a few weeks earlier with over 150 people present and several telescopes set up outside for everyone to see first hand some of the wonders of the night sky.

John Craythorne, Frank Dutton and myself covered the Elveden Country Show on Saturday 8th July. Up at 05:45 hrs to arrive at the showground by 08:00 and then a long hot day through to 17:00 hrs before packing up. It was a great day with loads of people visiting our stand and looking at the sun through my Celestron 8SE, with a suitable filter attached of course, and through Frank’s Hydrogen Alpha scope where the people could see solar flares coming off the surface of the Sun, very impressive. We had some visitors who, after talking to us, are considering contacting their local Astro Societies to see about extending their knowledge. All in all a very successful day albeit a tiring one, more so for some of us than others, see below:-

Week beginning 6th February

Two adult outreach events this week

Monday 6th a talk to RAFA Downham Market so of the members here were doing astro navigation before I started astronomy no before I was born. A very enjoyable evening.

Tuesday 7th another adult talk and some telescope viewing too for Marshland St James WI. Everyone enjoyed themselves here too.

Wednesday 1st February 2017

A trip to Upwell and the chance for the cub pack to look at the moon through Alan Gosling’s telescope whilst John Craythorne gave them the Junior version of “Heavens above” taking them on a journey from the solar system to the furthest outreaches of the observable universe. We will  go back in March to take them through their Space Activity Badge work.