Rob, i'm more a very casual armchair/computer chair meteor fan than a visual observer thesedays, did a shipload of visual years ago, body cant hack the hours and conditions like i used to in my '30s, but i'm out for the big rarer showboat ones!,
i would need to move back somewhere with darker skies again like i used to have, and give up smoking lol, it can be done!.
I like what people like Karl are doing, that appeals to me more now - amazing how one can live off the fumes of good ones of yesteryear for a long time, like i have - i saw the peaks of the last proposed ETA 10-12 cycle from dark morning skies, be great if it works out to be accurate prediction.