Well That (UK) Eclipse Was A Bit Of A Let Down

Well yeah, that's a given though.

We had 90% in 99 and same today, but it was cloudy so not a glimpse.

If you can remember the 1999 eclipse........ you haven't been drinking enough!

I wasn’t watching but I looked through the window a few times. It went a little bit dark but I didn’t see anything that could resemble an eclipse.

If you want to see an eclipse then there's a good'un next year

2 August 2027 (Total Eclipse): This will be the headline eclipse of the decade, featuring the longest totality visible from land since 1991. The path of totality will sweep across southern Spain, North Africa (including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt), and the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia). Luxor, Egypt will experience a massive 6 minutes and 22 seconds of darkness over its ancient archaeological landmarks.

The sun was still shining on the righteous throughout here in Mid Kent

Same here in Somerset
Birds(seagulls) went quiet for a while but otherwise hardly went dark
And got the first bit of cloud for about a month, right on cue
Still, there's always next time

Loads of current bun down the cheese on toast

Stringy, currant bun here, but also a bit Mork and Mindy
Couple of Forsyte Sagas and a Ruby on the way back to the drum

was expecting almost darkness ...went out quite
a way to to find a hill as the sun always hides behind the houses after a certain time . 
took my home made pin hole camera and didn,t
even see a crescent ...im not sure it even happened  ..is Suffolk UK ? we dont get UK weather here either...maybe it missed us lol

Reg , ive had a few Keithy wellers and a des o,conner

Stringy, just got home
Having a Vera and Phil...
Vera Lynn and Philharmonic for those who don't know
With some Pat Rice and Third Man (Harry Lime)

you,ll never beat the last one,as i seem to remember it been in weork time o got an hour off the job,chilling in the car parks

1999 was rubbish in London, sky was already full of dark clouds before it came so it didn't really look much different.

I thought it was OK myself. Noticeably darkened before brightening up again and the birds were clearly confused by it all. Didn't watch it directly, I just watched the garden shadows. Still interesting though.

I think if you were on the eastern side of England there really wasn't much to see. Here in Sheffield at our bowls club people were saying” When is the eclipse ? “ right up to it going dark as our match finished.
BBC hype again I am afraid.

not buying thi wildlife getting confued if it were true,they get confused evertime we got darkened clouds and big storms coming in,you can go for hr with it far darker than it was last night

Underwhelmed here, was expecting more darkness.. Still fascinating..
I had a welders mask glass, which worked ok... Those plastic / paper glasses seemed to work better though..
Lots of people with colanders and cardboard boxes..

bunch of tedious cnts watching a non-event because everyone else is doing it, sorry that was Croke Park last night.