Oh for a clear sky

I was a bit dismayed to notice that several of my neighbours have returned to using open fires since I last did much astrophotography. When there is no wind the smoke hangs around..... a bit of a spoiler if guiding on fainter stars as it causes the guiding software to fail at times. It doesn't help the quality of the exposures either. On cold evenings light pollution isn't going to be the only problem it seems!