Clocks again

[Andrew Slater]

I just noticed that the forum software hadn't realised that BST had ended, so I forced it. If anybody notices anything untoward, please let me know.

[french frank]

I just noticed that the forum software hadn't realised that BST had ended, so I forced it. If anybody notices anything untoward, please let me know.

Bah! I just this minute thought to check and concluded the setting had worked. It never does however I set it

[french frank]

I’ve just finished a night shift and there’s nothing more depressing than getting to 02.00 to see the clock reverting to 01.00 and having to go through that hour again!

Have a good rest, PG. You deserve it - unlike some of us/me who overslept in spite of going to bed extra early

[LMcD]

Is there a sociey that advocates sticking with BST rather than GMT? Sunset at 4PM sucks. I don't care if it doesn't get light until 9AM.

I'm not looking forward to having to switch lights on before teatime.

[vinteuil]

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... well, I enjoy the ritual of changing all the clocks every six months, and I like the greater intensity of evening darkness as we move in to late autumn and the upcoming winter, and the corresponding evening light come spring and summer



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[Petrushka]

I used to loathe this time of year while I was working. Commuting morning and evening in darkness in usually filthy weather and the corresponding transport issues did not make it a happy time. Now retired however, I find unexpected pleasures to be found in the autumn and winter and am no longer bothered by the clock change.

[Pulcinella]

It's usually a gloomy miserable day when the hour changes at this time of year, but today is bright blue skies, and quite warm in the sunshine, where I've been sitting reading and listening on my iPod.
I could hear the minster bells (I'm about 2 miles away) as I hung the washing out early this morning.

Not sure I'll feel so cheerful when it gets dark sooner later today.
(That was an interesting sentence to write: it didn't look right to put 'when it gets dark later today', as it will get dark earlier rather than later than it did yesterday!)

[oliver sudden]

In the past I’ve (almost) always enjoyed having the extra daylight in summer (even more so now I’m living in Köln, rather than Melbourne, where I spent most of my first 30 years and where there’s not quite as much variation in the hours of daylight). Now I have three-year-old twins, and am extremely grateful for the extra little bit of daylight when it’s time to get them to kindergarten. (I don’t get to enjoy the late evenings so much but them’s the breaks.)