In our last house (quite isolated and surrounded by fields) I took a sun-lounger into the garden at 2am and lay on it in my dressing gown looking up at the sky. You had to keep looking straight ahead, because the Perseids could come from any direction. It was in August so I wasn't at all cold. I kept a tally and I saw 67 that night. I also saw numerous Pipistrelle bats, a tawny owl a barn owl and a rather large rat. Those shooting stars were absolutely fabulous and I shall never forget them.