If you are into your star gazing (or just generally freezing you butt off in the middle of nowhere) then there is what promises to be a very good meteor shower in the next couple of weeks.

The last attempt at a metoer shower ended in this orange shot of a fence, thanks to the sky clouding over the moment I had set the camera up.

According to the EARTHSKY website, the best time to see the Geminid shower will be December 14th and 15th and you should get as far away from street lights as possible.
I’m considering a wee trip to Loch Turret to get higher up too.

Long shutter speeds and wide angle lenses are likely to be the order of the day in an attempt to photograph this event, but I’ll throw in a couple of shorter exposures and see what happens.

Lets hope the sky stays clear!

Ian was shooting at iso 100, f7.1 and shutterspeed was guesswork!

and Sarah was shooting at ISO100 F8ish and putting shutter on and off as I just felt like it! Most of shootng fireworks is luck and trying to stay warm enough! and my God it was getting cold, winter is definately settling in. Oh and was using the wide lenswhich did mean a bit of cropping in so the fireworks didn’t look like tiny dots inthe distance, but well worth it as didn’t loose any high ones from the frame.

LAST ORDERS are a rock cover band who “play a wide and dynamic range of Rock & Pop songs from the likes of Bon Jovi & AC/DC to Katy Perry and The Black Eyed Peas.”

You can check them out over at their website – be sure to have a deek at the live video!

The official site for the display can be found on the Strathearn Round Table website. The bonfire will be lit at 7pm and the fireworks will commence shortly afterwards (normally around 7.20 going by previous years).

PK are usually perched on the Queens Bridge for about 7pm.

It’s that time of year again folks – the award winning sound and light show is back for another year and has relocated to The Explorers Garden in Pitlochry (no bus journeys required from the car park to the event!).

On average the event attracts 20,000 visitors a year so if you want to go, I’d book asap!
It runs from 7th October to the 29th October

2011 Ticket Prices
Midweek (Monday – Thursday): Families (2 Adults, 2 Children) £36; Adults £14; Children £6.50; Children Under 3 FREE; Wheelchair Users plus their Carers FREE

Fridays & Sundays: Families (2 Adults, 2 Children) £40; Adults £15; Children £7.50; Children Under 3 FREE; Wheelchair Users plus their Carers FREE

Saturdays: Families (2 Adults, 2 Children) £40; Adults £17; Children £7.50; Children Under 3 FREE; Wheelchair Users plus their Carers FREE

Group Booking Discount: £1 per ticket for groups of 10 or over

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Here’s a wee list of happenings in the Perthshire area this September. I can’t believe how fast the year is going!

September:

• 3rd – Perth Farmers Market – Perth – 9am to 2pm – King Edward Street & St John’s Place
  
• 4th – Blairgowrie & Rattray Highland Games – 11am – Bogles Field, Blairgowrie
• 5th – St Johnstone FC – Charity Golf Day in aid of MS Society – 11am – Crieff Golf Club
• 8th to 11th – Continental Market – King Edward St, Perth
• 10th – Pitlochry Highland Games – 10.30am – The Recreation Ground, Ferry Road
• 13th to 14th – The Farming Yesteryear Rally – Scone Palace, Perth
• 18th – Meet the Jacobites - Scone Palace, Perth
• 21st to 22nd – Perth Races : Glorious Finale – Scone Palace Racecourse

I’m taking part in a charity bike ride on Sunday and I’m on the scrounge for donations. It’s all in a good cause with all proceeds going to the NSPCC so please give what you can, even if it’s only a couple of quid!

Think of it as sponsorship without me coming round and annoying you.

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