Forecast is good, so hoping to spot these beauties from tonight… 
Des pluies d'étoiles filantes pendant une semaine : où et quand observer ce magnifique spectacle ?.
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Doigts croisés
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Anyone see the shooting stars?
Alas high thin cloud here (thin but enough to prevent visibility, like a yashmak).
Yes. I got up at 4am yesterday and today, as the sky was clear and saw several shooting stars, a privilege
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Would love to see one. Everyone told me over the years where one might be seen but they are elusive for me. Will have to accept just seeing one on tv.
The thing about meteor showers is that the actual number of meteors you are likely to see is quite low: 10 - 15 per hour for the Lyrids. So that’s one every four to six minutes roughly. A peak burst would be at a rate of up to 100 an hour, which is still only one or two a minute.
It’s not going to be like a firework display!
Chapeau to @George1 for devotion to duty, I haven’t got the patience! 
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A couple of years ago, we lay in the garden watching the Perseid meteor shower and saw a fireball. Given that I’m unlikely to beat that, I’ve never seen the need to do it again.
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It’s also a bit like watching cricket. You start by concentrating,.and then after a while your concentration lapses bit by bit. You then miss the crucial wicket, or in this case the shooting star, which is sometimes only visible for about a second at most.
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My technique is to lay back in the hot tub with a large whisky and eyes unfocussed on the sky. It only counts as a sighting if we both see it at the same time.
when do you go to Cornwall to live? Is it still dependent upon mama? Will you be grockle there?
Sorry Chris. Something to do with
My lack of internet connection.
I just mentioned that meteor showers are as elusive to
Me as seeing a flying fish was off the coast of Catalina Island California. Never saw one
Nothing decided yet.