The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It’s the first in a trilogy of six books. I haven’t read the last book but I would recommend reading 1 to 5.

The radio series and audiobooks are all worth a listen as well. There is a version narrated by Douglas Adams himself and another narrated by Stephen Fry and Martin Freeman. Both are great.

One of my favourite quotes from the Hitchhikers:

“You know,” said Arthur, “it’s at times like this, when I’m trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I’d listened to what my mother told me when I was young.” “Why, what did she tell you?” “I don’t know, I didn’t listen.”

I also love this quote from the fourth instalment of the series So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish:

The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying “And another thing…” twenty minutes after admitting he’s lost the argument.

The whole series is worth a read. You’re bound to laugh over and over reading them.

Reminds me of that film Nope that came out last year 👽

Here’s the image with the key for anyone interested :)

Seems like we’re getting less and less thunder days every year here in the UK. See here.

In Scotland they’re less common than in the south. Probably less than 10 thunderstorms a year. (This explains it well)

The graphic below from the website shows the number of thunder days across the UK.

I don’t know about you but I’d say less than 10 thunder days a year is quite rare.

The good news is that there are some more forecast for tomorrow :D

I used my Spidey senses to time it to perfection.

Jk, I actually just took a slow motion video of the lightning and then exported this frame :)

Here’s another: