Bikepacking into Space, via the Chilterns

A Film By Barry Godin - Bikepacking into Space, via the Chilterns So my first adventure of 2022, and it was a chilly one! Over the past year I have been absorbed by the incredibly interesting subject of Astrophotography. It started out just taking a photo of the stars, but then then you realise you can photograph objects that are millions of light years away, my mind was blown. Nebulas and Galaxies are amazing objects to look at and when you captured them yourself through your tiny telescope you feel like you have discovered new something for the first time. Those light particles have travelled for millions and millions of years to find there way on to your camera sensor :-) So how does the adventure part fit in, well we as humans have generated so much light pollution that from our cities we have made it nearly impossible to see the stars any more. Light pollution has a grading system with a maximum of 9, it is called the Bortle scale. My house in London is a Bortle sky of 8.5. So traveling to just outsi