Shortest day

[Spare tyre]

Shortest day in terms of light, June is nearly here gents

[hammo19]

Happy to drink to that, although it’s a blustery weekend n store.

[cliffords]

I had better get up and get on then , I have a lot to do .

[skeeterm5]

The exact moment of the winter solstice: 9:21am which is when the Earth's North Pole is the most tilted away from the Sun during its yearly journey around it.

Countdown to summer starts tomorrow.

[fridaypassion]

It's almost like they timed Christmas to be some kind of celebration of this event.

[oddman]

I always console myself with the thought 'It's another 365 days until it's as dark and stty as this again'

I really hate the grim dark months. Game shooting, working the dogs and a few ski trips helps me through it.

[Timothy Bucktu]

I have a weather station thing with sunrise/sunset times. It's definitely quite depressing watching the sunset time get earlier every day. But now it swings back the other way thank goodness.
If we could just have a decent summer to enjoy it next year, please!

[Lotobear]

oddman said:

I always console myself with the thought 'It's another 365 days until it's as dark and stty as this again'

I really hate the grim dark months. Game shooting, working the dogs and a few ski trips helps me through it.

Poor you

[cheesejunkie]

It doesn’t bother me but I make a point of getting out in daylight every day.

At this point in the year I’m not fed up with dark evenings. I do tend to find that come February or so I think right I’ve had enough of this and can’t wait for the longer evenings to roll in.

Our earliest sunset is already past. Small wins .

[M11rph]

....... 09:21 UTC.... Longer days from now on.

[Jader1973]

Longest day here

[cheesejunkie]

Jader1973 said:

Longest day here

So all you have to look forward to is shorter days?

Joking. Enjoy.

[mikeiow]

Nice….I love it when the days start to get longer!

[gazza285]

Timothy Bucktu said:

I have a weather station thing with sunrise/sunset times. It's definitely quite depressing watching the sunset time get earlier every day. But now it swings back the other way thank goodness.
If we could just have a decent summer to enjoy it next year, please!

However sunsets have been getting later since the twelfth of December, the earliest sunset does not correspond with the shortest day.

[Sheets Tabuer]

As the owner of solar panels you have no idea how much joy this brings me.

[GetCarter]

fridaypassion said:

It's almost like they timed Christmas to be some kind of celebration of this event.

[SeeFive]

The wife wants the pool opened up so when the kids / grandkids fly down for Christmas it looks nice while they are on the terrace.

What a complete waste of time and chemicals, it is way too cold to swim and I am getting sunburned sorting it out. Temp is a max of 22 degrees over Christmas so the water isn’t gonna get any hotter in these short days and long colder nights. Still, happy wife, happy life.

[Fast and Spurious]

Imagine if you lived bang on the equator. Would it get boring?

[gazza285]

Fast and Spurious said:

Imagine if you lived bang on the equator. Would it get boring?

I have wondered this, no long summer evenings, no lingering sunsets or sun rises, just straight over the top in twelve hours every day.

[remedy]

I remember thinking the same when in Gran Canaria some years back. It's like some turns a light on or off.
Suddenly it's dark and it's only 6pm.

I much prefer the UK for the long summer days.