European Summer time ends - 30th October

Pity the dogs didn't realise the clocks had gone back last night! Up bright and early (well early anyway) this morning - I don't think we were the only ones in that situation though, because there were far more dogs and owners out on the dunes than normal at that time in the morning! 

much prefer to have the light at the end of the day, should move the clocks two hours in the opposite direction, and keep moving it as the light fades to ensure you always have it light until (a minimum of) 6 pm....

whilst i dont speak to farmers or milkmen, just about everyone else i ever speak to detests the dark creeping up on us and hates the fact you can hardly do anything outdoors in the afternoon, let alone in the evening......and to be starting to get dark at 3:30 onwards is total madness (IMHO)....

 similarly, in the summer, we could do with an extra hour added to the evenings to replicate what happens on mainland Europe.....light (and warm) till 10:30 in summer.....lovely....

It is a bit of a confidence trick that using (east) London time was foisted on the population on the basis of knowing when the trains would arrive when the few that are still running are so often late anyway!

European summer time ends - can't wait till it's British summertime ends again!

Me too!  I hate these long dark evenings.  I wish we could settle on staying at Double Summer time all year around. I appreciate that would cause difficulties in Scotland, - but what's the problem with having a different time zone?  Other countries manage it without any fuss?

i did hear that the Balearics had decided not to put their clocks back in future (as the rest of Spain did) because they felt (rightly...?) that it has a detrimental effect on the local tourism...

I agree, why be in a lovely warm place (Palma forcast 23 deg for today) and have the sun snatched away prematurely....

the directive is apparently a European one (EU) so it will be interesting to see what develops..

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