[acropolite (Phil)]

The rains cleared and the clouds moved away just enough to allow a decent view of the comet. The tail spanned at least 14 degrees (twice that of my binos. HRH Liz was very excited and stayed for around an hour with the binos until the clouds moved back in. My imaging efforts were a little ordinary, but I managed to get a few reasonable shots. I made the mistake of taking the 50-200 lens, whereas the 17-70 would have been better suited and in my haste didn't use long exposure noise reduction or mirror lockup. Still there's always tomorrow.