As a life-long Amateur Astronomy, seeing Comet McNaught from the hill at Lostoc has been a real fulfilment. What I saw of hale-Bop and Hyacatuke and several comets since have ben interesting, but here I don't think we saw them at their best.
This comet for us, however, has peaked beautifully and seeing that huge tail - it was the naked eye view that was most spectacular; a telescope was pointless; and that's something I can't say for any other comet 've seen.
Quite simply, after 30 years of Astronomy, I've finally seen a great comet at its greatest!
It's the kind of sight I hope to be able to describe to my as yet unborn grandchildren. It was fantastic!