Shorter updates from the field — what worked, what didn’t, and what the weather did instead of what the forecast promised.

14 February 2026

Three Nights on the Cairngorm Plateau

Chasing a stable aurora forecast onto the plateau in February, and what happened when the forecast was wrong twice out of three.

3 November 2025

A New Slider for Long Sequences

Switching motion-control rigs after a six-hour sequence ate through a battery on the Isle of Skye — what changed and why.