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I get miffed that photography stops being an option on week days but I do admit to liking the darker evenings and getting the log fires on the go. That said I like it when they alter again in the Spring - perhaps it's just the change I like.
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While I love the summer, and the long days and sunshine, I love the change in seasons we have. It can be a bit gloomy in the mornings, and then coming back when dark but it is nice to look forward to the autumn/winter food like stews and suet puddings and you cant beat a cold crisp day with bright blue sky.
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I actually don't mind these cooler and darker evenings as it becomes so much quieter out there.
This is me speaking as someone living in a coastal town, right next to the beach. Here, people seem to go stupid at the first hint of any warm and sunny weather. From April through to September, I see (and hear) boy racers going around and around in their souped up Clios trying to impress the ladies (and failing miserably in doing so), people drinking too much while out in the sun and being loud, couples losing their tempers because of the heat and then I could hear them shouting as they walk past and into the distance! Etc, etc.
Also the air quality is so much better now (no stinky BBQs and none of that stale smell of thousands of takeaway shops firing up for the evening). I don't miss feeling all hot and sticky at night and wake up in the morning feeling all irritated and still hot and sticky.
As you can see, I'm not really a summer lover (especially since I used to work in a tomato greenhouse for twenty years), so . . . nope, don't mind us going back to GMT.
This is me speaking as someone living in a coastal town, right next to the beach. Here, people seem to go stupid at the first hint of any warm and sunny weather. From April through to September, I see (and hear) boy racers going around and around in their souped up Clios trying to impress the ladies (and failing miserably in doing so), people drinking too much while out in the sun and being loud, couples losing their tempers because of the heat and then I could hear them shouting as they walk past and into the distance! Etc, etc.
Also the air quality is so much better now (no stinky BBQs and none of that stale smell of thousands of takeaway shops firing up for the evening). I don't miss feeling all hot and sticky at night and wake up in the morning feeling all irritated and still hot and sticky.
As you can see, I'm not really a summer lover (especially since I used to work in a tomato greenhouse for twenty years), so . . . nope, don't mind us going back to GMT.
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Yeah, the evenings are now rubbish - but the mornings now happen at more sensible time. I might attempt a few sunrises as far as the South coast over the next few months. "Good" weather is the key
As a farmer I will say that the extra light in the mornings is better for me. The mornings are the best part of the day. But the total hours of daylight are no different are they?
If it's dark at five and wet and windy. Then draw the curtains and open a nice bottle of red wine .
If it's dark at five and wet and windy. Then draw the curtains and open a nice bottle of red wine .
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I suspect I may suffer from SAD, although luckily my job keeps me busy from now til February with as much overtime as I can manage, so I don't really have time to dwell on it. My body gets confused with the dark nights and usually end up in bed by 9 each night!
I love light!
I love light!
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Ahh yes,the time of dodgy headlights and walkers dressed in darkest black 
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If it's dark at five and wet and windy. Then draw the curtains and open a nice bottle of red wine .
Not always a good idea if you are driving on unlit country roads at the time though.
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Bad! that was bad!!
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This is so stupid! if you want to stay in line with Europe or want the lighter mornings for the few weeks that it matters then just get up an hour earlier! why is it so important that your clock reads one time rather than another?
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For the sake of an hour it's about time they left the bloody clocks alone, so it will be light on monday morning at 6.30 am then a month later it gets dark AGAIN !!
So sick of it, i'm glad i'm not the owner of a clock shop !
So sick of it, i'm glad i'm not the owner of a clock shop !
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As the issue seems to mainly about parents moaning about school kids being run over in the dark why are school hours just not changed in winter instead?? The majority of the population aren't at school and yet it is our hours that are being fiddled with for their sake. There is no reason not to stick with one hour all year round. This europe nonsense is just a load of hogwash. It would be as daft as moving the clocks back so we'd get up at 3 in the afternoon to work with america. If you're in a global business then you might have to work at unsocial hours. The rest of us not in a global business shouldn't need our hours changing to suit your chosen work colleagues!
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I think the clocks were changed originally in war time (not sure weather it was WW1 or 2) 
to give farmers more daylight hours to work in the fields.
All I was getting at in my previous post was why should we have to be in line with europe. If we are going to stick to one time then it should be GMT.
After all there are many days in the Autumn & Winter months when it doesn't get light at all, so children will be travelling to & from school in the dark whatever time of day it is. :shrug:
to give farmers more daylight hours to work in the fields.All I was getting at in my previous post was why should we have to be in line with europe. If we are going to stick to one time then it should be GMT.
After all there are many days in the Autumn & Winter months when it doesn't get light at all, so children will be travelling to & from school in the dark whatever time of day it is. :shrug:
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Pointless, never understood why we need to change. Leave it as it is, works fine.
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From a personal perspective, I'm an evening person, not a morning person so nice light evenings are more appealing to me.
Or to look at it another way, I work 08:00 - 16:00 Mon-Friday, I don't give two hoots whether I drive to work in the dark BUT daylight after work is a lot more beneficial to me if I want to go for a walk to get some photos, wash my car etc.
Otherwise you have to rely on decent(ish) whether at the weekends.
Or to look at it another way, I work 08:00 - 16:00 Mon-Friday, I don't give two hoots whether I drive to work in the dark BUT daylight after work is a lot more beneficial to me if I want to go for a walk to get some photos, wash my car etc.
Otherwise you have to rely on decent(ish) whether at the weekends.