Activity really is increasing on the sun, particularly so in the southern hemisphere which has just erupted into life over a couple of solar rotations. I was fortunate to be able to observe as the forecast was for sleet all day, but turned out quite nice and predominantly blue skies. The observing pad I created during the first lockdown is working well, and in conjunction with my 7 foot pier looking over a 6 foot fence to see the sun is quite feasible. It has a bit of bounce to it and is only really suitable for smaller scopes, but, in winter, with the low sun this is not a problem. As the sun gets higher in the sky in the spring I will replace the 7 foot pier with the 5 foot pier which is notably more stable. This image was taken with a Lunt 50 etalon on a 60mm f6 scope and then double stacked with a Daystar Quark.