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Yes of-course, I realised that when I saw your thread after posting my original comment so edited it!
I am more in tune with the winter solstice myself. I guess I'm just a bit too keen to see the darker evenings return. ![]() |
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Doesn't feel like any time at all since we were discussing the Winter Solstice on this exact same thread!
Certainely doesn't feel like 6 months ago... Time goes fast.. |
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I have read that we are in limbo for at least two weeks before there is any real change in the days getting shorter. Less than an hour to go,2334 BST, til the solstice then the sun starts the southward trend again
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It will be very dark soon where I am...
I'm currently on an intercity bus in New Zealand somewhere near Ashburton on route to Christchurch...and it's 17:11 pm ... |
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I have read that we are in limbo for at least two weeks before there is any real change in the days getting shorter. Less than an hour to go,2334 BST, til the solstice then the sun starts the southward trend again
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The rear of our house faces west and because there was no cloud last night it was still light @ 21:45. It occurred to me whilst looking out of the window that when we get to the August bank holiday weekend, which is only nine weeks away, it will be dark by 20:00.
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My dad has always said back in the 60's come the summer sometimes it would be daylight till around 11pm, surely that can't be true.
He has always said summers these days, we don't get the light evenings |
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My dad has always said back in the 60's come the summer sometimes it would be daylight till around 11pm, surely that can't be true.
He has always said summers these days, we don't get the light evenings There should be no difference in the amount of light in the evenings except during WWII when they had double summer time which was known by some as "mad time" |
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IIRC there was a time of year-round GMT +1 in 1968 or thereabouts. The joke du jour was 'when do you want your kids run down - on the way to school, or coming home'.
It was the 60's and my memory is a bit hazy . . . |
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IIRC there was a time of year-round GMT +1 in 1968 or thereabouts. The joke du jour was 'when do you want your kids run down - on the way to school, or coming home'.
It was the 60's and my memory is a bit hazy . . . |
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It will be very dark soon where I am...
I'm currently on an intercity bus in New Zealand somewhere near Ashburton on route to Christchurch...and it's 17:11 pm ... |
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Sunrise/Sunset in Christchurch in June
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It's such a depressing thought. I don't see what there is to celebrate about the longest day, the thought of the days getting darker is not my idea of something I'd want to celebrate. The clocks going back in October is another depressing time of the year, it getting dark anytime before 6pm is horrible.
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So, the longest day of the year has finally arrived..
My sunrise is 04:37am and sunset is 21:44pm. What's yours? |
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The rear of our house faces west and because there was no cloud last night it was still light @ 21:45. It occurred to me whilst looking out of the window that when we get to the August bank holiday weekend, which is only nine weeks away, it will be dark by 20:00.
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My dad has always said back in the 60's come the summer sometimes it would be daylight till around 11pm, surely that can't be true.
He has always said summers these days, we don't get the light evenings |
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10:30pm and dusk is falling here now, this is the latest time it will get dark here, before the nights start drawing in again. It's still just about light enough that you could walk down an unlit path without torchlight, without bumping into a lampost, or cut the grass and still just be able to make out where you'd been.
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Watching Glastoberry on the telly at the moment, still light there as well as here.
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Cloud has quite an impact I notice.
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Glastonberry tonight
Sunset: 9:30pm Dusk: 10:15pm Nightfall: 11:30pm http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/uk/glastonbury |
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Cloud has quite an impact I notice.
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Me
Sunset: 9:45pm Dusk: 10:35pm Nightfall: 12:20pm http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/uk/clitheroe |
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Glastonberry tonight
Sunset: 9:30pm Dusk: 10:15pm Nightfall: 11:30pm http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/uk/glastonbury Say Sunrises at 5am, do we have something simular to Nightfall, couple of hours before sunrise |
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The clouds look quite spectacular, though it is starting to get quite dark down there. Whereas it's pretty grey skies here though there aren't any streetlights on yet.
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It was dark in Suffolk at 9.30 last night, lighter tonight.
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