On August 11 1999 we drove 20 miles to Sharp Tor on Bodmin Moor to see the total eclipse. Where we lived in Bude the eclipse was going to be 99%. I'd known about the 1999 eclipse since I'd been a little boy. After a sunny morning that day, the clouds rolled in, and most people in the south of England in the path of totality were frustrated. But, on Sharp Tor, at just after 11 o'clock, the clouds miraculously parted momentarily, and we saw the diamond ring, Baily's beads and the corona. And because we were "on high," we saw the moon shadow racing across Cornwall towards us, then casting us into chilly darkness, then racing away to the east. What a day that was. The cheese and piccalilli sandwiches in the car park below Sharp Tor were equally memorable!