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Every time I go to post a response there is more to respond to! First off, to the Lonny guys, count on seeing me sometime soon, and in Devonport too.

David, I think I know the perfect site for a camp, I have a friend who owns an accomodation business in Staverton up in the high country. That is just up the road from the Promised Land, around the corner from Paradise, near the Village of Lower Crackpot just past Nowhere Else (for the benefit of you North Islanders) it's a 10 minute drive from Sheffield.

Part of the property is a sports ground that has a concrete based basketball court covered in astroturf, a perfect flat base for telescopes. It is at the top of a hill and the highest point around for quite a way. About a 200 degree land view, and pretty well the whole sky. As you know the tourist trade dies after Easter, and he has many weekends without any guests exept when there is rowing on at Lake Barrington. My mate with the Meade wants to take it up there sometime as he reckons it would be a great observing site. Other facilities include a games room, spa, sauna, Internet kiosk, bbq, gym equipment, etc etc etc. PM or email me for a link to his website if you are interested.


If you like what you see I can contact him and sound him out. Let me know
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Thanks all for the great responses.