In August 1999, I went on another visit to Highnam arboretum, this time to take pictures of the eclipse of the sun.
You may recall the event was broadcast live on TV from Lands End or somewhere like that, where they had a total eclipse occur.
Up where I was, it was more an almost very nearly total eclipse that took place!
I rattled off about ten shots in the space of 15 minutes, but what with it being Britain, the clouds were trying to hog the show and most of the pictures didn't show very much.
The best one in the batch was this one above which was the very last one I took.
When the sky was at its darkest, a little gap opened up in the clouds and revealed what was going on behind them - and there it was, the moon hovering in front of the sun.
I also remember, because it was very dusky looking, the birds started chirping away like they do when it's time to roost!
Shortly after, daylight returned and everything was back to normal.
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