One of my first ever (very short) posts. Enjoying the dark nights of Beetley, back in 2012.
It takes a while to get used to driving everywhere after dark with headlights on, and no street lighting. After a lifetime in London, lit everywhere inside the M25, you feel like the proverbial rabbit at first. But you learn to love the darkness. The night sky is little short of a miracle, a myriad of stars never seen in London, with all the light pollution. Sleep is a joy in total pitch black too. Turn off your lights World, and embrace the darkness!
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When our daughter-in-law first visited us, it was scary for her to witness total darkness. Like you, she was a city girl.
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I found it wonderfully peaceful, Jennie. Just the moonlight, and the sound of owls.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I know exactly how you feel. That’s why I sit on my back porch most summer evenings in the dark. I often think about city kids and what they are missing. Best to you, Pete
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I love to drive out of the city a bit and see the night sky
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As we are now 20 mies from the nearest city, on clear nights the sky is breathtaking.
Best wishes, Pete.
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how wonderful –
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I still live in light polllution sadly. 😦
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We deliberately chose a place with no street lighting. Two local people were trying to get up a petition for it when we first moved here, but nobody would sign. They moved away instead.
Cheers, Pete.
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Amen! Warmest regards, Theo
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Thanks, Theo. I can imagine your skies are equally dark in the PNW.
Best wishes, Pete.
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When they aren’t obscured by clouds. Warmest regards, Theo
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Same here. 🙂
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Until I moved to NZ I hadn’t really appreciated how wonderful the night sky is, where I live now by a wet lands bird sanctuary rules of building, no street lights 🙂
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It is much the same in Beetley. Nothing bigger than a 4-bed house, no tall buildings, no ‘ambient’ lighting whatsoever.
Best wishes, Pete.
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“Flush with thousands of glimmering stars, constellations, bright planets, galaxies, and beyond—all remarkably visible to the naked eye—Nevada speaks with some of the last true dark skies in America. Unblemished, unbelievably crisp, clear starry night skies can be found in all corners of the Silver State, thanks to the way Nevada was considerate enough to concentrate almost all of its 3 million residents into two metro areas and a handful of intriguing little towns.” — Travel Nevada
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We are lucky that Norfolk can also boast some genuinely dark skies. But probably not as dark as those outside the towns in Nevada.
Best wishes, Pete.
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We have darkness at the lake it’s beautiful, mysterious, and oh so soothing! 💕C
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After 60 years in a brightly-lit city, the darkness feels comforting, Cheryl.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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I’ve had to give up driving at night as the eyes aren’t good enough now, but it’s nice to look at the stars.
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I rarely drive at night, but I love the peace of sleeping in the dark, and listening to owls.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Even better is listening to the sea … very soothing.
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