Chandlers Ford.
In 1999 I could see that the UK was going to be iffy and I didn't fancy squeezing into Cornwall so I did a bit of research and saw that the path of totality carved a big swathe across Europe and particularly northern France so I found a hotel just south of Arras and in the morning we drove down to somewhere north west of Amiens.
The morning started with pouring rain but the skies cleared and we had a wonderful view of it all. It was an awesome experience that I would like to do again.
Was that really 27 years ago?