Originally Posted by Steffan_Leach: “Can't believe it... it's not even 3 p.m. and it's getting very gloomy here already. I'm gonna have to have to put the lights on the ceiling.”
Originally Posted by leicslad46: “It is ironic that we had a referendum on EU membership but now some want us to adopt their timezone even though our day length throughout the year is based on our geographical location on the planet.”
Apart from Spain and France, every other country that adopts CET (and CET+1 from end of March to end of October) are in their natural timezone based on their geographic location.
It's going to be very dark in my house over the couple of weeks as I'm having my roof completely re-tiled.. So today scaffolding is being put up as I type blocking the daylight coming in.
I cant believe someone has started a thread about it being dark early in November.
It happens every year and has done since the Earth formed.
I give up...
Originally Posted by david16: “Apart from Spain and France, every other country that adopts CET (and CET+1 from end of March to end of October) are in their natural timezone based on their geographic location.”
Tbh, I think it would benefit south/East England but can't see it working anywhere else. Their sunrise/sunset times are completely different to the rest of the British Isles.. Sometimes by more than an hour which you wouldn't think would be the case.
Originally Posted by Steffan_Leach: “4:30pm and it's been a fine and sunny day but still the sun has disappeared about 15 minutes ago and it's already starting to get dark. It's lighting up time already as they say.”
It's still bright past 4:30 in NI lol.. Not here though, it's dark about 4..
It's been a typical Mild, Dull, Overcast and Rainy December day here today. Went really dark at 3.30pm. Now it's 4.30pm and it's practically pitch dark! Can't see a thing outside. Gone really foggy since dusk as well. Streetlights came on at 3.50pm.
Ever since we've entered December I haven't seen the sun at all. Its just been soooo overcast and gloooomy all the time. I've been looking for a day to clean the light shades in the hallway but its just been too gloomy to do it.
Today is very gloomy and depressing indeed, feel really lathargic and don't feellike doing anything at all.
Originally Posted by HenryGarten: “Earliest sunset of the year in the south of England today.”
Same here as well. It's been at 3:47pm for a while now. By Saturday this becomes 3:48pm. However it's beginning to go dark as soon as 3:00pm here. Won't see much difference anyway as I haven't seen a single glimpse of the sun here since November, it's just been constant cloud/gloom since December begun.
Starting to get quite gloomy here in Lancashire. Not as dark as last year on Christmas Day though as that was very gloomy all day with constant sheet of blanket cloud and streetlights on by 3:15pm.