Hi Clive
Thanks for the comments, well your impression of England being grey and cloudy is about an accurate description as any I have heard, we do have our moments but the best weather I have experienced since I started imaging has been two clear nights on the trot.
The area where I live is just off a major road that runs through the city and my backyard where I do all my imaging from is surrounded on all sides by one form of light pollution or another. I have my house on one one side where I try to keep all the light off but my girlfriend arrives home from work at 12.30am and invariably switches on the kitchen light for about half an hour before she goes to bed. Then on the left and right of my backyard our neighbours bedroom lights and outdoor security lights come on periodically during the night and also within 50 yards of my house on 3 sides there are street lights. The only side of my backyard that is free from houses is plagued by bright lights from an outdoor tennis court which is on till 11pm in the winter months. Now you can see why I do mainly narrowband
Best wishes
Gordon