(meteorobs) Re: Police & observing

[Graham and Amy]

Just thought I'd add my police story to the list...

For the July 2000 lunar eclipse, I had to chase clear skies and ended up
parked outside a truck wreckers yard in a rural area... I had a
station-wagon and the tail-gait was up as a dew shelter... About 2AM I found
myself surrounded by FOUR police cars complete with flashing lights and
screeching tyres... The leader of this squad leapt from his car, stared at
me for a second, then looked at the telescope, and finally gazed skywards...
The look on his face was priceless. They had been informed of two men
loading vehicle parts out of said wrecking yard, into the back of a
station-wagon... (Most likely me un-loading my scope...)

They saw the funny side of it, and one had a look through the scope before
vanishing almost as quickly as they appeared...

Oh, yeah. The eclipse was entertaining too... :-)

Graham.