Taking the opportunity to try my hand at making a startrail image — something I had wanted to try for a while — whilst visiting the UK's first Dark Skies Park: Galloway Forest Park.

One night, a friend (the guy pictured in the images) and I were in the local pub, several pints into the evening, and we started discussing a hypothetical wild-camping trip. We decided there and then to take a trip to Galloway Forest Park, where we could hike across the remote wilderness and camp where we...