Anyone skipping this eclipse thing then?

[hotmumshit]

Didnt know it was happening until yesterday

Broke until payday - cannot buy the glasses

Autistic 7yo will not understand nor care

Will just stick it on the telly and call it a day

Have LOVED saying 'full moon, half moon, total eclipse' to myself though 😄😩

Its definitely getting darker here in N london

Pretty much
unremarkable so far

I made the right choise to watch it on tv then I think

Nothing noticeably different here.
I shall be writing a letter The Times to complain.

I 'mumsplained' it to my dd, but mistakenly told her that the sun covers the moon 😬😬

I tried to retract but she lost interest

Complain to ofcom as well, bloody tv news making me feel bad for my kid missing it!!

Dh is out front with a colander and two sticks, Ds about to pop out with an old phone camera. I might join them for the general darkness, but have no props ready. It's blooming hot here!

Light levels are down from about 150 to 50 here now and probably over 75% coverage

It feels like the sun is setting here

Not long people, until we get sunsets at 4pm! ❤️

It's a weird sort of light here now (I'm in outer London), but the eclipsing sun is about to go behind the trees.

No, I’ve been looking forward to it today, actually.

I made a pinhole projector and have been sat in the local park with a picnic alongside DP. Lots of other people are here too. It’s a lovely atmosphere.

@Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain

umm this will sound really stupid and I didn't think of it until you mentioned the word cat...

Should I be shutting all my curtains / blinds incase my cats decide to sit on the window sill and look out the window ?

Just in case it hasn't been done upthread, this one's for you Bonnie. (Ta to the BBC thread.)

Omg?! Should I also?

My cat is sprawled across the landing (she can feel a bit of a through breeze there). I don't think she's going to leap up and look at the sun!

Yes. I was thinking of Bonnie!

And Pink Floyd.

Should play both songs.
They're the only two songs I know about eclipses.
I will impress my neighbours with my eclectic music tastes (sniffs).

I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon. One of my favorite songs ever

Standing in my windowed porch looking (indirectly) at it. It has reflected in the window quite nicely. Right at the peak and just on time a big cloud has moved across it. I don’t get the eeriness other people seem to experience, the birds haven’t stopped

My favourite album ever.
That or Black Lace does Christmas.

I can never remember which.

It does feel kind of eerie here

Will it get totally dark then or?

My husband thought it was yesterday.

Oh now this is eerie.
I don't like it. 😁

What time are we supposed to see it? Been in my garden all evening and nothing yet

Well nothing is happening here in sunny Manchester