We've got nights now

The Piggott Platform at sunset

We're losing a hour of daylight every three days and there's only a month left before the sun vanishes below the horizon for weeks. As you'd expect, the temperature has dropped too. Minus 30 is quite common, but doesn't feel too bad and there's a pile of even warmers jackets to wrap up in.


Techno Techno Techno!

The dark nights were a good thing for the lighting effects at Tom's birthday rave, where Dr Thomas Spiess revealed his alter-ego as DJ-Tom, blasting out four hours of banging techno. Glow-sticks, strobes and the sort of dancing Bez would be proud of all featured, but sadly the party was broken up in the early hours of April 1st after three people were found possessing a substance they described as 'snow'...