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Winter Solstice Greetings

RubytooRubytoo On the sofa, Southerly aspect.Posts: 1,185
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Happy Winter Solstice.
Shortest day Hurrah!
Things are looking up :D
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  • BenCottoBenCotto RutlandPosts: 988
    Evenings have been getting lighter for the past 9 days - all of 2 minutes!
  • Hampshire_HogHampshire_Hog Hampshire Coast 100m from the seaPosts: 1,089
    At last spring is here.

    "You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 23,797
    where's me flip flops??
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 11,559
    When do the clocks go forward. It must be soon
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy North London Posts: 2,280
    I know you're all keen but the mornings will continue to come later into 2nd week of Jan so the improvement won't be obvious for a while yet. Some say this is actually the start of winter & up to now has still been Autumn. :#
    AB Still learning

  • Hampshire_HogHampshire_Hog Hampshire Coast 100m from the seaPosts: 1,089
    edited December 2018
    In the UK we don't actually start to get longer days until between 14 and 19 January just depends on how far the earth tilts each year this year we are about half so 16 or 17 should start to see a change.

    The longest night this year will be tomorrow 22nd again this varies each year between 21 and 23 but due to our northerly position we don't benefit until January

    "You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
  • RubytooRubytoo On the sofa, Southerly aspect.Posts: 1,185
    I have just dug out my shorts, a quick wash to freshen them up...but they will take ages to dry on the line :D
  • BenCottoBenCotto RutlandPosts: 988
    I don’t really understand the two of the posts above. In Leicester the latest sunrise in the year is on December 31st when it is at 8.16 am. A week or so later it is at 8.10 am.
  • LynLyn DevonPosts: 15,290
    Winter is the shortest season, not by much though.
    Full moon as well which won’t happen again until 2029 .
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 23,797
    Lyn said:
    Winter is the shortest season, not by much though.
    Full moon as well which won’t happen again until 2029 .
    Surely there will be a full moon before 2029????
    Devon.
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