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We were in Minorca with the children walking across the cliffs to the next resort
It wasn't spectacular, but when we got to the next resort they had it on TV.

My niece drove down from Anglesey to Cornwall to experience it.

Dear Joeva, LindaG, Sheila, Jill and Joy

Hello


Thank you very much for adding your memories.
Always appreciated.


Take gentle care all <3
Very best wishes
Elizabeth, EOS
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We were on the Hoe in Plymouth, with family :)

I was filming the partial that we saw in Birmingham. I had my camcorder ready to set up in my back garden. I was washing up some brand new eating cutlery and one of the knives was sharper than it should have been. As I went to wipe something off the blade it sliced across my finger. Mindful of the time I just wrapped a cloth around it and took the camera into the garden. As we lived on a corner and the back garden wasn't secure I couldn't leave the camera by itself. So I stayed in the garden and filmed the eclipse dripping blood where I stood. I should probably have gone to A&E but no way was I going to miss the eclipse. :-D

Yes I do remember it - it was grotty weather here (very overcast) and we had MIL and FIL staying, so I was less than happy, desperately tying to stay sane and not strangle anyone :-(

We went to Leonardslee Gardens in Suseex. A really magical place let alone witnessing an eclipse there. The silence was amazing as it got darker and darker and all the birds stopped singing.

Sadly it is no longer open to the public being bought last year by someone who doesn't want it open to the public.

Linda

Wow! Unbelievable that it has been 13 years since the eclipse. My grandson was exactly one month old, now he is taller than me !
I saw it from my back garden in East London with my son-in-law . I aimed my camera at the sky and did get a few snaps at the time of how dark it was above the trees and also as the sun appeared how bright it was. Thanks Elizabeth for reminding me of this I had completely forgotten about up to now.

Jo

Dear Ann, Mildred, Jude. Mersey and DET

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Hope you are all okay.


Thank you all very much for replying. <3
Much appreciated.


I have been tidying up my watched threads and came across this one
so I thought give it a gentle nudge and see what happens!


Take gentle care all
Very best wishes
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

At home in the SE - the children and I had the TV on and kept popping out to the front garden to get a look.

Not only was it the strange blue/grey light and quiet birds but lack of traffic noise as so many people had stopped or stayed where they were. The temperature drop as well and the post lady bumped into a telegraph pole instead of looking where she was walking!

We'd visited the Science Museum earlier that year, and had bought enough cardboard glasses for all of us. One of the offspring was going to stay with a friend of ours near Truro, but that was cancelled close to the date due to illness in the host's family.

I was shopping n City Centre with my Sister everyone and everything stood still to watch....... :-D

l was working for Cancer Research in E Sussex and watched it from the shop:)

jude :-)

I was in my back garden here in Essex

My son was 4 and my daughter was 4 months.

We watched it on the telly & went outside 20 mins before it happened, over a few minutes the sky darkened as if dark storm clouds were gathering.

After a few more minutes it grew lighter, birds started the dawn chorus !

cant believe its 13 years on !

I was still working at our local psychiatric hospital - went out in the grounds with a visiting psychiatrist from Saudi - a prince nonetheless - we both had the special glasses - I knew that one day my prince would come!!! He rang me from Saudi on New Years Eve to wish me a happy new year - nice guy - we clubbed together and bought him a Wales rugby shirt - the largest size they made - we imagine him on his camel in the desert carrying his kalshnikov which he took everywhere!!!

Gentle nudge please

Thank you
xx

Dear All

Hello

Thank you all very much for your replies

It was a very special day.

We went to the park and there were loads of people there.

Gradually, the sky turned pink and the buses had to put on their lights to see where they were going.

This young fella loaned me his special glasses. I remember seeing the sun 3/4 covered. It was an out of this world moment. I thought
I will try to remember this all my life.

The whole of the eclipse seemed very spiritual somehow.

The birds started going to sleep and hiding in trees and bushes.
After the eclipse had passed, they woke up again. They were very confused.

Back at home, the video was on and the programme was being taped.

The next day, I purchased most of the newspapers for the headlines about the event.

Best wishes to all
xx

freezing with my mum and her science classmates at a special observatory for Barnfield College, Luton, Beds. Actually knew more than the teacher - but i suppose thats not hard is it.

We were staying with friends in Worthing. They had a telescope set up in the back garden so we could watch the eclipse on a sheet of paper. There was also a video camera set up to catch the moment. It was a bit touch and go but as the sky started to darken, the clouds parted.

It totally upset their tortoise though. There he was, munching his way through breakfast when it started to darken. Unfortunately, by the time he'd decided it was night time and reached his kennel?the sun was just appearing out the other side!

Another friend of ours had headed to Newquay to see the full thing, only for the dreaded clouds to appear at the crucial time.

Friend and I drove down to a hill in Wiltshire and watched it.

I was driving into work - stuck in a jam on the M42 (I watched it through the sunroof!)

I was on the North Yorks at the time at a place called Danby ~they were holding the yearly country fayre.