"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-04-27 23:03:21 +0100, "Bill Grey"
said:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-04-27 21:32:43 +0100, hound
said:

hound wrote:
Has anyone any experience of solar
garden lights? How long do they last?


I did succumb and bought a couple from Poundland today. The
mushroom on a
stick type.
http://www.poundland.co.uk/images/10...lar-garden.jpg

They've been on a while so far - seem ok. Let's see how long
they last.
Thanks for all your advice

I don't mean to be rude but why do you want them?
Unnecessary lights at
night confuse and damage moths (which navigate by the light
of the moon)
and stop you and yours enjoying a clear vision of the night
sky - the
stars. We've used lights in the garden at night but only to
guide people
from the church next to us up the path to the house for some
parish 'do'
or other and that's maybe twice or three times a year.
Lovely velvety
darkness and the glimmer of the stars is magical.
--
Sacha

Your location sounds idyllic, but a couple of solar powered
lights wouldn't
make a bit of difference to the light polution we currently
enjoy here!

Things were improved slightly when several of my lights were
nicked !

Bill

I must admit it is pitch dark here at night. You have to up
the hill and out of the village to see a distant loom of light.
Some town-dwellers moved in here years back and tried to get
the council to instal street lighting but everyone was up in
arms about it and the effort failed, thank goodness!
--

That is something I miss having moved into a town where we are
surrounded by street and security lights. I well remember a
townie pal of mine scoffing at being offered a torch for his walk
to the pub when staying with us in Langthwaite. He was back in
less than 5 mins asking where the torch was kept having fell over
an unseen obstacle. It was a pitch black night mind.

Mike