On arrival at the gates of the world-famous Royal Greenwich Observatory, a minibus awaited us to take us uphill on the winding slope to the observatory complex. With some of us arriving a little early, we took in the fabulous sights of the London city nightscape from the Meridian courtyard, but as we did so, we realised we were bathed in the ethereal moonlight of a full moon hovering and smiling high above us... oh alright, it was probably city light pollution, but come on, l

It was the night before Halloween, and we had booked the evening at the 350-year-old Royal Observatory in Greenwich for our first exclusive access evening - what could possibly go wrong? Well, the weather for one. The only thing you could see was thick cloud with a spooky glow where the Moon just couldn’t get through. Did that matter? Hell no! We plan for this - we’re in England, after all 😊. I arrived at 6:30pm and proceeded to the staff entrance by the Shepherd Clock, whic