I'm having a rest - by losing sleep!

Midsummer this year is proving to be incredibly warm and dry.

It's also a bit dry on the radio, as house maintenance and other matters have taken over.

This is also the time of year I lose tens of hours of sleep to researching and simply observing noctilcuent clouds.

If you happen to be in the latitude range of about 50-60 N, you might want to go keep an eye on the NW to NE late evening and very early morning sky.  You could spot noctilucent clouds, or what the newspapers called 'space clouds' after I broadcast about them on BBC Radio in 2010/11.

If you like this sort of thing, you can come along to my Facebook 'Space_Clouds' page and join in!