I too have this problem
I got a nice 150mm Newtonian telescope at the end of last year.
I hastly built it and took it into the garden for a test drive.
Stunning views of the stars. Fabulous. Didn't exactly know what I was looking at though.
Went back in, read all the books. Watches the DVD and installed supplied software.
Got a few eyepieces for it and a barlow lens.
Got a T2 mount to put my camera on it.
Got a motorised tracking mount to take nice long exposure pictures.

I swear that every evening I've had free since then, it's been cloudy.
Sunny days - lovely. Not a cloud in the sky. It's because they're all waiting below the horizon to gather over my house as soon as it gets dark.
Bugger.
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Fri 22 May 2009, 16:46, 1 reply)

I am not alone
It's good to know I'm not alone
1. A sky watching B3tan.
2. That I was imagining the cloudy thing.

Cheers KF Good luck.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 25 May 2009, 7:59, closed)