SAFE solar viewing Bannau Brychieniog June 22 nd 2024
SAFE solar viewing Bannau Brychieniog June 22 nd 2024
The years pass very quickly and once again on the Saturday closest to the Summer Solstice
for about the 20 th time, a merry band of CAS members made their way to the Visitor Centre
at Libanus.
Maybe not too merry at an early hour for a Saturday but once all the team arrived it was the
usual organised chaos as we set-up our pitch for a full day we hoped of solar observing and
public engagement with science.
As we have come to expect of our hosts we were welcomed and shown to our gazebo all
set-up and waiting.
The clouds did come and go, well in truth come more than go. But we did have a reasonable
number of the public and staff showing a great interest in what we were doing and yet again,
an international audience with a number of people being on holiday in Wales and passing
through the National Park.
When or not the Sun was out, people were certainly engaged by Tiffany's stall and treasures
for sale! Expanding your Empire is what our local contact described it as. I'm not sure if the
main attraction wasn't the Sun but the merchandise on offer. Tiffany's Treasures! Well done
you, for a very imaginative array of goods at a modest price.
And if that wasn't enough, National Park staff had a stand making known the ways of the
countryside and the special fauna to be appreciated. I think we all now know what curlews
look like, and we certainly know what their song is! Some of us may still be listening to them
on our phones.
A day enjoyed by all, and we can look forward to doing it again soon - September 21 st !
