Jon .... there's a marked difference between what an appropriately set up digital camera can pick up and what you can see with the naked eye .... we get truly spectacular photos of the aurora posted up here ... when you can be stood at the same spot seeing nothing.

The lights can be seen as south as Wales. but naked-eye level events are very rare ... and only when a really strong charged stream is active ... not been one of those lately.

Always good to be out on a clear starry night anyway 🙂

K