Total Eclipse in Europe

The thing about total eclipses of the sun is that they're very rare, especially in any given location. London's last was in 1715 and the next is in 2151. The UK's last was in 1999 and the next is in 2090. But if you spread the net wider to the whole of Europe they're more common. The last was in 2015, but only in the Faroe Islands and Svalbard. And the next is exactly one week away, which is totally exciting. • It starts on the northern coast of Russia at 5.59pm BST, but that's all permafrost and nobody lives there. • It then passes over Greenland, but pretty much all icecap and nowhere near the capital. • It crosses the very western edge of Iceland, scraping Reykjavik and the airport at 6.48pm. • It sweeps wastefully over the unpopulated Atlantic and Bay of Biscay until 7.26pm. • It hits the northwest coast of Spain and heads 500 miles southeast, crossing Valladolid, Zaragoza and Valencia. • It nibbles the tiniest corner of Portugal for just 26 seconds, the country's last total…