Hi Andrew and
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It is a great site with plenty of great people willing to help out where they can. You just have to ask.
Yes the hill, well its more like some of those climbs in the Tour De France
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Have you got a copy of stellarium avalable here
http://www.stellarium.org/ it is a free program that you can set up for your location and will show you whats viewable from your location. I too have to google the lingo.
Cheers