Three reports counted towards the mark achieved for the field trip work - a pre-departure orientation report outlining what objects were to be observed, the observing strategy, and what would be done with the results; and two reports describing the results of the work done with the 0.80m and 1.52m telescopes. My overall mark [...]

We were all sad when the field trip came to an end. We’d had good fun, done some good work, and become so addicted to the fabulous OHP coffee that some of us would not sleep properly for weeks. On the way down we’d had a brilliant journey from Lille to Avignon, getting enjoyably merry [...]

We didn’t spend the entire time on the observatory site - the group hired a car, and on one of our days off, three of us went to see the Gorges du Verdon, allegedly the second biggest canyon in the world. It was a long drive to get there but the scenery was increasingly impressive. [...]