I saw the Aurora Borealis around the west coast of Scotland quite a few times during my sea-going days on large sailing vessels. I even saw it once over my home town in Lincolnshire, in the English Midlands. But, last Friday/Saturday when the big show happened pretty much all over the U.K., I missed the whole thing - tucked up in bed by 10pm Friday evening, and slept like a log right through it! Buggerbuggerbugger! :-)