Ladies and gentlemen,
the time has come. My new Orion XX14i is waiting for me at Astro Optical Supplies. I'll be the one on their door step in a sleeping bag when they arrive in the morning.
It all seems to have been timed to perfection. I completed my new observing area just a few days ago. I put in a lovely 8m x 3m paved area just outside the door of my obsie shed. As this area sits atop a retaining wall with no wheelbarrow / bobcat access, we shifted more than 7 tonnes of pavers, road base, sand and clay with buckets, shovels and our hands on the long weekend
. I can't wait to christen the new area with my new XX14i!
Dean