Observatory book

Transvulcania runners visit the Observatory

Me and Transvulcania runners outside GTC., Roque de Los Muchachos, La Palma
May 7, 2015
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  Today 11 of the Transvulcania runners visited the observatory, together with about 20 journalists. Lucky me, I got the job of being their guide. So I showed them around GTC and the MAGIC. It felt a bit odd, because the runners were interested in the telescopes, but the photographers were largely interested in the runners. Well, it’s their job, obviously: they weren’t there for me or the telescopes. But at the end,…

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At Bleeding Last!

I finished the second edition of “A Breathtaking Window on the Universe” in July 2013. Almost immediately, I started work on the Spanish version. But I got interrupted by family holidays, distributing books, and writing “The Seer’s Stone” and translating it into “La piedra ocular” (while local government subsidies were available.) That took longer than anticipated, as these things generally do. Meanwhile I was tour guiding, blogging, writing the odd…

March 22, 2015
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BOOKS in English

The cover of the second edition of "A Breathtaking Window on the Universe"
January 18, 2015
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A Breathtaking Window on the Universe: A guide to the observatory at the Roque de los Muchachos SECOND EDITION” (Non-Fiction).   by Sheila M. Crosby Paperback, 164 pages A5 (16 more than the first edition) Welcome to the Roque de Los Muchachos, where 16 telescopes from 19 nations use the best night sky in Europe to explore the cosmos. Find out what it’s like to work in this strange world…

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A nice surprise

The Daily Telegraph travel section have a rather good article about La Palma, and they mention my book, right at the end.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/sunandsea/9867981/La-Palma-guide-the-forgotten-Canary-Island.html

February 14, 2013
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Lucky with my friends.

I’m extremely lucky with my friends. As soon as the printers said I’d have to get the book to them by Friday, the cavalry came over the hill. The friend who’s been checking my translation kicked into high gear. the friend who’d polishing the Spanish worked right through the bank holiday – about 12 hours, I think. And the friend who’s doing the layout almost kept pace with the other…

January 8, 2013
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