P5 went for a marvelous night walk at Low Port around the whole loch! The moon was luminous and bright. We went on our night walk to see nature in the dark, study the stars and light pollution. We lay on our backs beside the loch and looked quietly at the stars above us. Some of us saw the space station, a satellite and shooting stars. We even got to wave at Pete on the space station! We noticed different stars and combinations of stars. We saw bright, shiny planets, the big dipper, little dipper, Orion’s belt, his sword and the great bear. We learned the North star could help us find our way back home!

On our walk we noticed it was much quieter and we could hear noises from the swans, dogs, ducks, cars in the distance and little pigeons. Charlie heard a siren. P5S were lucky enough to see a super moon! Some of us felt sad and scared but most of us felt relaxed, calm, safe, peaceful, free and happy!

When we lay down close to town we couldn’t see as many stars because of all the light pollution. We felt shocked, annoyed, uncomfortable and exposed.

John Muir used to go on long walks in the daytime and nighttime when he camped in the wild. We think he would have heard more animals and less people noise.

The night walk was unforgettable because we had never done something like that before and it was insane.

By P5