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Saw it, but ashamed to say the only reason for this is because I got up ridiculously early to take a piss. Thank you, weak bladder.

I got up at 3am, loaded 3 disgruntled kids and the wife into the car and attempted to get out of the mist which was enveloping Edinburgh.

We headed to the East Lothian coast and ended up breaking free of the mist at a beautiful beach next to Torness nuclear power station.

4.32 came and went without even a peek at the 'ring of fire' through the distant low cloud. The dawn light though had an eerie quality about it which took me back to the atmosphere of 1999.

By 5.05 we started to wander back to the car when my 8 year old son spotted it through the gloom, still at about 60\\%. Finally, just a few minutes before the moon's edge finally detached from the sun, we saw an unobstructed view as 'Rule Brittania' played on radio 4.

We did see it, and they definately wouldn't have preferred a Mr Whippy ice cream.

I finished work at 9.30pm and picked up my partner and we drove North to Durness. Got there at around 2.30/3am, there was no thought of sleep, too many other people up and about and the atmosphere was electric.

There was a low mist obscuring the horizon, but the sun slid up above it just in time for us to see the very top edge of the ring. Clouds and mist slowly cleared, letting us see the sun with a great bite out of the side.

I'll probably not be around for the next one, I'm very glad I saw this.











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