The last one of these we had in the UK was in 1999, I remember watching it in the garden with my parents – with our solar glasses and pin-hole cameras. This time the British weather was against us, with a thick overcast sky blocking out any hope of a clear view. Thankfully, about twenty minutes before the eclipse was due to peak, the cloud layer began to break up – and in fact, provided a perfect ‘screen’ to view the eclipse without any glasses or colanders…