With the publication by Bradt of her Tiffany Francis-Baker’s “The Dark Skies of Britain & Ireland; A Stargazer’s Guide,” she expands upon the astronomical elements she first touched upon in her 2019 book “Dark Skies,” and guides her readers into the delights of astronomy by leading through a tour of the best places to look up in wonder throughout the the scepter’d and emerald isles respectively.
As this Monday is a bank holiday in the UK, it’s not particularly surprising that Mark Avery’s thoughts this weekend would be filled with ideas of holiday weekends past and holiday weekends to come.
And as holiday weekends go, I – for one, and I’m confident that Mark for another – would say that hopping about Europe each weekend for a year is a pretty appealing idea indeed! And if a guidebook is needed for inspiration, Mark seems to have found just the right one: James Lowen’s “52 European Wildlife Weekends.”