European Summer time ends - 30th October

Shorter day light 

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Not really!! The length of the daylight before Saturday is virtually the same on Sunday, it's just that the "working day" that's changed.

I suspect its all a bit physiology in the sense that in the morning,even if its dark you have the rebirth of the day to look forward to as it gets light. In the evening its the opposite. I find darkness at 3.30/4.00 pm depressing especially as I am not someone who is up by 7.00am each day so its generally always light when I get up.

David

does it really get dark at that time where you are DK? I thought it would be later than that as your further south than us. Its a long time since I lived in England but up here it does get dark late afternoon and not light again until about 9am.

I hated it when working as I hardly ever saw day light other than out the office window  now we don't get up until its light and by 4.30pm we've usually had enough being outdoors (getting chilly) we are glad to go inside and have a nice cuppa.

TG

Perhaps I exagerate a little but if its a grey dull day there is not much daylight around between four and five in the afternoon.

David

I could have sworn that the war was over and we no longer needed 'daylight saving'!

"In the war" to quote Uncle Albert, we had double summertime so were effectively operating on the same time as Europe.

Where I come from, we have about 3-4 weeks when the sun does not rise at all, it is sort of permanent dusk.  You get used to it.

In summer we have weeks when it never gets dark, can be hard to sleep!

I did a 14 day cruise up to the arctic a few years back. We only had four nights. It was daylight the rest of the time. Gets your orcadian rythyms terribly confused.

Clock changes seem to me to have as much symbolism as their physical effect. We were still grilling on our garden BBQ on a couple of warm evenings at the beginning of October. We could eat an evening meal on the patio with additional lights - then, at the end of the first week it quickly became cold, patio furniture was stored in the dry, the nights drew in, curtains were closed before dinner, electric blankets were switched on and now we're heading for darkness before 5pm. Fireworks in a dark sky wearing coats and scarves, a final cut of the grass and a day out photographing autumnal trees. Blackberries become scarcer and acorns are dropping. So we need to switch to winter living for a few months, open fires, cosy evenings and maybe a blanket of brilliant snow at some point.

Apparently more road accidents happen in evening darkness than in morning darkness. I wonder why this is? 

Apparently more road accidents happen in evening darkness than in morning darkness. I wonder why this is? 

 

Perhaps people are rushing to get home ,but you don't rush to get to work !!

My alarm clock put itself back last Monday I've still to do the other clocks except the microwave oven which I did earlier.

Apparently more road accidents happen in evening darkness than in morning darkness. I wonder why this is? 

 

It will vary with the person but I always felt a lot more alert going to work early, than coming home. That was irrespective of the time of year. It is just the risks are greater in the dark. throw in wet, ice, snow leaves etc and they increase more so.