Change the clock tonight

Put the clock forward 1 hour tonight and tomorrow there will still be a decent amount of light at 8PM :yess:
I can't wait. It has been such a horrible winter that Spring and daylight are what I'm living for

 

But, but,... but, it will be darker in the morning:WINK1:

 

Well Garden in the Evening then, instead, Pete!

Please Miss? Can I put my clock forward and leave it there? I've written to my MP telling him to vote in favour of that ... but I read that the Red Tape, and Lunches-on-Expenses, is going to take years :(

 

i think we should move em forward HALF AN HOUR AND LEAVE IT FOREVER MORE

kaz

 

I've been waiting for the clocks to change since, oh, last October when the clocks went back! I agree Alice, it's been a long, long winter - a bit of daylight in the evenings is long overdue.

 

I've only just started going to work in daylight.
Next week I'll be back to darkness again.

 

Not for long though...and isn't it better to come home to daylight and the garden than darkness or dusk?

 

I like it when it is darker in the mornings, makes me feel like I have got up earlier even when I haven't!!!!

Val

 

True it wont be for long, about three weeks I guess, but if they go for the GMT+2 option sometime we will all be grubbing around in the dark in the mornings for a lot longer.

 

Yup, that is indeed true. But you will come home in the light much more of the year (and, statistically, drivers are much more likely to have an accident at Dusk than Dawn)

 

I like the GMT+2 idea they're talking about. I guess its not so good for people who work outdoors, but for those of us stuck indoors for work I think it would be great. I know I'm much more productive in the mornings than I am by the afternoon, and I'd be more motivated to get my work done while its dark out, and there's not really anything else I could be doing.

Of course there's the argument that school kids would have to walk to school in the dark (an argument used by some of those that remember the last trial), but kids don't walk any more anyway, they all travel the half a mile to school in huge 4x4s now.

 

Spring forward - fall back . Is how I remember which way the hours go.
The timing of the clock changes has no logic . We put the clocks back at the end of November , about 2 months before the winter solstice , shortest day. But we only put them forward at the end of March , 3 months after the shortest day ! I know in the USA they now put the clocks forward in early March , and this small change saved about 2 billion $'s worth of electricity. We should change to central European time of +1 hour and leave it there.

 

The other argument for the clocks staying permanently in BST regarding school children is that in the mornings (when it might be dark) they have to get to school by a certain time, but in the evenings (if the clocks stay as they are) it's dark...when children are more likely to dawdle, linger around and walk slowly home.

 

Interesting point. I wonder what energy the average house burns in the hour before bedtime during the winter-clock period. Probably a killowatt more than an hour when it is light.

what's that - £0.15 for four months ... nearly 20 quid a household. That's 8 bags of multi purpose compost on a 4-for-3 special offer at Wyevales which is about all I need for the year :D

 

I think thats probably because for most of the year there is less traffic on the roads at dawn as opposed to dusk.
I do often wonder why most of us spend the best part of the day at work.
Just wondering if nightworkers have got it sorted.:D

The whole concept of changing the clocks revolves around what, exactly?

It just depends on which end of the day you use to best advantage.

Maybe a few should be getting up a bit earlier?