Shortest day

[illmonkey]

Looking out the window here (near) Oxford and its pretty much as dark as it will get tonight. Sunset is officially 15:57.

The countdown to winter ends, while the countdown to summer begins.

Yes, I'm using the term 'Summer' loosely.

[snotrag]

I wonder how much the difference is from one end/side of the country to the other?

How light is it in Kent right now?

And Cumbria?

Anyone?

[Greeny]

Also looking out of the window near Oxford, its Snowing

[Floor Tom]

Not snowing inAberdeen but it is bloody dark.

[illmonkey]

snotrag said:

I wonder how much the difference is from one end/side of the country to the other?

How light is it in Kent right now?

And Cumbria?

Anyone?

About 30 minutes in it: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/sun/ukmap.php

Greeny said:

Also looking out of the window near Oxford, its Snowing

I hope it holds off here until I'm home.

[timlongs]

Getting darkish here in Middlesbrough

[Vipers]

Floor Tom said:

Not snowing in Aberdeen but it is bloody dark.

And bloody cold as well, thank god for heated seats.

Edited by Vipers on Monday 21st December 15:53

[Jonny671]

Not as dark as it will get here, but nearly there!

[rasputin]

This is about as high as the sun got in Edinburgh today!


Still, only gets better from here

[eldar]

snotrag said:

I wonder how much the difference is from one end/side of the country to the other?

How light is it in Kent right now?

And Cumbria?

Anyone?

Cumbria just getting dark now, about 20 minutes to go.

[standfree93]

Floor Tom said:

Not snowing inAberdeen but it is bloody dark.

It snowed this morning and apart from that it hasn't snowed since saturday afternoon but it's been really dark early recently.

[Carl_Spackler]

The sunset at 15.45 in Glasgow today according to my iPhone app thingy.

Sun rises at 8.48 tommorow morning.

Make up for it in the Summer though, when it seems some nights it hardly gets dark.

[CooperD]

I heard on my car radio that a load of pagans from Ipswich were going into the woods tonight to leave gifts for trees and animals. Something to do with this being the Winter Solstice or something. fk that for laugh. I'm going home to a nice warm house, a few pints of beer and a packet of pork scratchings.

[kaese]

illmonkey said:

The countdown to winter ends, while the countdown to summer begins.

[billybuds]

Greeny said:

Also looking out of the window near Oxford, its Snowing

Not in Summertown its not!

[anonymous-user]

Greeny said:

Also looking out of the window near Oxford, its Snowing

I'd be on my way home from work (assuming you're there) if I was you.

In Newbury its really heavily snowing and the roads are chaos. Can only imagine its going to head your way.

[illmonkey]

Just heard from a friend in Wycombe, its really bad there too.

Seems like there are 2 different attacks!

[bazking69]

It doesn't look like the start of better climates from my seat here at the moment!!

[mr.man]

Not a lot of people know this but the mornings will continue to get darker by about 10 mins until about the 6th Jan and then the sunrise time will start to get sooner again.

[satchbot]

I've just arrived home after seeing the sunrise and sunset at Avebury. Happy solstice/Yule those celebrating today.