Harry interacts with Carpet Doge
The Northern Lights and a Pool Tournament, Brome, Suffolk - 10th May 2024
We're up at the village hall in Brome for a pool tournament, although we don't get to enter as we're too late for that. Marc and Suey also happen to be there, where Marc ends up playing Exploding Kittens with Isobel and the boys whilst Suey does her pool hustling thing and nearly gets through to the final. Meanwhile, Fred's already been talking about the possible showing of the Northern Lights, which were forecast to appear at around midnight. However, when we get home at around 11pm they're already showing, so we spend a magic hour or so in the fields watching them. It's quite the occasion as having been to Finland at least three times, Sweden three times and Iceland once, with no sightings at all, it's quite something to finally see them vividly, right over the house - and we probably would have missed them if we hadn't decided to go up the the village hall at the last minute. Oh, and there's a curious symmetry in these photos between the red of Harry's hoody and the green of the pool-table baize, and the pinks and greens of the lights. There are a few similar photos of the aurora in this set, but then it could well be a once-in-a-lifetime moment, after all it's been nearly 57 years to get to finally see them.
next album: The BSCC at The Half Moon, Rushall, Norfolk - 16th May 2024
previous album: A May Miscellany and The Harvs at Ampersand, Diss - 9th May 2024
Suey and Marc have a game of stick
The boys in the village hall bar
Harry gets a go of the other dog
The game is on
Tim offers some shot advice
Stick-game action in the village hall
Marc plays Exploding Kittens with the gang
Nigel and Suey play the semi-final
Suey narrowly loses by one ball
Nigel goes on to win the tournament
The Northern Lights are over the house
Bright pinks and greens over the side field
A curtain of light
Another view of the aurora over the house
There's a nice twisty display going on
Looking straight up into the sky
More curtains of light
Fred and Isobel look at the aurora
The sky is almost full of light
A final look at the lights
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Harry interacts with Carpet Doge
Harry interacts with Carpet Doge
Suey and Marc have a game of stick
The boys in the village hall bar
Harry gets a go of the other dog
The game is on
Tim offers some shot advice
Stick-game action in the village hall
Marc plays Exploding Kittens with the gang
Nigel and Suey play the semi-final
Suey narrowly loses by one ball
Nigel goes on to win the tournament
The Northern Lights are over the house
Bright pinks and greens over the side field
A curtain of light
Another view of the aurora over the house
There's a nice twisty display going on
Looking straight up into the sky
More curtains of light
Fred and Isobel look at the aurora
The sky is almost full of light
A final look at the lights