I had been ridiculously excited about photographing the solar eclipse from Pontypool Folly. In fact, I had been so excited that the week before I somehow managed to get the date completely wrong. For days I had been telling everyone that the eclipse was happening on the 6th August 2026. I had even panic-bought a pack of solar eclipse glasses from Amazon, making absolutely certain they would arrive before the big day. Then came the slightly embarrassing discovery. The eclipse wasn’t on the 6th at all. It was on Wednesday 12th August 2026 . So, having worked myself into a state of astronomical excitement, I now had to wait almost another week. I could hardly contain myself. In the days leading up to the eclipse I did plenty of research online, checking the position of the Sun, the timing of the eclipse and considering where we might photograph it. Paul Joy and I discussed our plan to head up to Pontypool Folly and, as is customary with these little adventures of ours, planned the expedi...