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Thanks for the replies.
Yep, I don't think skies get much darker than here. I have ordered a Chandler planisphere so I can start to learn the night sky. Whilst out getting some shots of the eclipse the other night I photographed something to the south which turned out to be 47Tuc, my first DSO!
I reckon the old scope is more trouble than it's worth. I have it mounted on one of my BIG photographic tripods but It's rusty/corroded, the mirror isn't too flash, the mount is wobbly and only has about 15 degrees of movement before it grinds to a halt. On top of all this it is way out of collimation, stars are only blurry fan shaped blobs. To buy a collimator would be spending more than the scope is worth. Renato, thanks for the tip on the annulus in the finder, I pulled it out and it's now much brighter ( the view through the finder is now better than through the scope!).
Hopefully I will be able to meet up with some others who have scopes so I can have a look through them and decide which will be the best scope for me to buy.
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