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8:34am on Sunday, 27th September, 2026:
Anecdote
Yesterday and the day before there was an evening drone show in Colchester's Castle Park. We didn't go to it, because it was themed for the story of Alice in Wonderland and meant for children, but we could see it from our house.

That's it, there, on the horizon.
Zooming in, it was possible to see some of the action. This is a mouse about to meet a dodo:

The view through my telescope was much better, as I could see the individual drones close-up. I needed a more stable base for it than one leg on a windowsill, though.
Most of the images were static, with movement coming from turning lights on and off (Cheshire cat fades leaving only its grin, smoke appears from a chimney — that sort of thing). I thought they'd maybe have used animation software to produce the necessary controls, but it was more a 3D-printing set-up by the look of things. Still, I might go to one if there's a better subject, as it does look the kind of thing that's worth seeing at least once.
The most important take-away is that I now know for sure where Castle Park is when viewed from our house.
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