Yet another missed eclipse

I had such high hopes.  I’d imagined being able to see part of the Lunar eclipse of 21st Dec 2010 from my office window which looks in a westerly direction.  I even took my DSLR in to work just in case. Result? Total cloud cover!

I then heard of the partial Solar eclipse of 4th Jan 2011, so I thought I might stand a chance of seeing (if not imaging – I didn’t want to ruin the sensor!) the eclipse at sunrise.  I should’ve known better!  Whilst there was a gorgeous red sky over to the east there was also an inconvenient bank of cloud that refused to move! *sigh*