Timelord442, better known as Simon, was the youngest person on the Lincs Mega Committee. He is also a student at York University and a keen astronomer, and was holding a night time event in York the Friday night after the Mega to gather together to spot meteors.
So a few of us decided that we ought to support him and headed over to York to stand in the middle of an open space for half an hour
Fortunately the half forecast rain held off and it was a nice summers evening, I had seen that there were two convenient sets of Lab Caches, York Bridges, and Meander Around The Ouse… So the plan was to park by the river near where the event was taking place, walk up the East side into the city centre, then back down the West side of the river and cross back to where I had started from
13th August 2021 – Meander around the Ouse Lab Cache – The Pikeing Well – cache #5550
I arrived in York about 8:30, 2 hours before the event would start, and when it was still light
13th August 2021 – Bridges of York Lab Cache – The Blue Bridge – cache #5551
13th August 2021 – Bridges of York Lab Cache – Foss Bridge – cache #5552
13th August 2021 – Bridges of York Lab Cache – Ouse Bridge – cache #5553
13th August 2021 – Meander around the Ouse Lab Cache – Skeldergate Bridge – cache #5554
It would have been easier to find the answer to this one if you could have actually walked under the bridge, but that was blocked off
13th August 2021 – Bridges of York Lab Cache – Skeldergate Bridge – cache #5555
Same bridge, different Lab set, different question
13th August 2021 – Meander around the Ouse Lab Cache – Terry’s Avenue – cache #5556
13th August 2021 – Meander around the Ouse Lab Cache – Rowntree Park Gates – cache #5557
13th August 2021 – Meander around the Ouse Lab Cache – Millenium Bridge – cache #5558
13th August 2021 – Bridges of York Lab Cache – Millenium Bridge – cache #5559
And both sets finished up at the same bridge
13th August 2021 – Simon Goes Stargazing 002 – Perseids meteor shower GC9EF07 – cache #5560
By the time of the event it was pitch dark, only the lights of the Millenium bridge lighting up the field.
We weren’t the only people gathering in the field, a group of the local young people were there playing music, drinking and smoking some dubious herbal cigarettes !
It wasn’t the best night for stargazing, several clouds in the sky, but we did see a few meteors, along with satellites and plane lights, but mainly it was just standing around chatting… the thing about meteors is that they are so quick that if you are not looking in the right direction they are gone before you can turn your head to where they were… so between us we probably saw 25 or more, I only saw 5 or 6 in the three quarters of an hour I was there.
Then it was a drive home and a stop at a convenient McDonalds for refreshment on the way home.
