Clocks go back to GMT tonight!

[delc]

We put our clocks back one hour to GMT tonight. Why do we do this? It just inflicts long dark evenings on us, with increased energy costs and greater accident risks on the roads! Why don't we just stay on BST all year round? There is no good reason not to do this!

 

[Imurg]

Excellent - means I'll wake up at 4 am instead of 5am


Gonna be a long day!

 

[SaintHacker]

Wasn't there a movement a while back to actually move to GMT+2 all year round? Not sure what happened to it as a lot of people seemed to think it was a good idea.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

It means it's lighter in the morning as kids are going to school and still light when they go home

 

[SaintHacker]

Excellent - means I'll wake up at 4 am instead of 5am


Gonna be a long day!

Look on the brightside, its the one weekend a year when you wake up with the usual 'oh my God I'm due on the tee in an hour' panic, and then realise you've got 2:thup:

 

[c1973]

It means it's lighter in the morning as kids are going to school and still light when they go home

Good, so mum can see them get into the car for the lift home without the need of a torch.

 

[c1973]

http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/astron...ring-forward-100-years-of-british-summer-time

 

[delc]

If you work 9-5 (GMT) you start work 3 hours before the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, but don't finish until 5 hours afterwards. Therefore many working people see no daylight at all after leaving work in the middle of Winter, which is particularly depressing, and dangerous for the journey home. If they worked 8-4, or we stayed on BST all year round, at least they would see a glimmer of daylight at each end of the working day. You can't change the small number of daylight hours in Winter, but you can at least try to make the best use of them!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Is it really that much of a problem ?

Don't you think it's more important that our children are more safe going to to school in daylight and coming home in daylight ?

Or would you rather they walked to school in poor lighting ?

 

[Tab373]

Not great for me as a 12 hour night shift turns into a 13 hours shift 😞

 

[delc]

Is it really that much of a problem ?

Don't you think it's more important that our children are more safe going to to school in daylight and coming home in daylight ?

Or would you rather they walked to school in poor lighting ?

In the more civilised parts of the UK it is always light by 9am when the kids go to school in their mothers' Chelsea Tractors, and I think they finish at about 3.30 pm when it also still light. Do any kids walk to school these days? :mmm:

 

[Deleted member 15344]

In the more civilised parts of the UK it is always light by 9am when the kids go to school in their mothers' Chelsea Tractors, and I think they finish at about 3.30 pm when it also still light. Do any kids walk to school these days? :mmFC

Seen plenty walking to school from about 7:30 so I would prefer them to be nice and safe and walk in daylight - more priority over a businessman who wants to see the light

 

[SocketRocket]

I think the original reason was to assist Farmers to have a lighter morning to get their Cows in the sheds for milking. As we dont have many dairy farms left then its not so relevant now. Regarding kids going to school: Why are they in danger going to School if it's dark? Wont help kids in the North, its dark most of the day there.

 

[davemc1]

No idea if I should set my phone before bed, thinking these modern contraptions probably do it automatically. God knows what time I'm getting up tomorrow...

 

[Fish]

Seems the forum doesn't or can't update automatically

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:41.

 

[Imurg]

One advantage...
Awake as predicted just after 4....complete set of irons regripped by 5.30...
Insomnia rulezzzzzz

 

[Stuey01]

I think the original reason was to assist Farmers to have a lighter morning to get their Cows in the sheds for milking.

This is oft quoted but doesn't make sense does it? The cows don't know what time it is... You want to milk them in the light just do it an hour later...

 

[Wayman]

I've been up since 3:30 :/

Going to be a looooooong day

 

[pbrown7582]

Seen plenty walking to school from about 7:30 so I would prefer them to be nice and safe and walk in daylight - more priority over a businessman who wants to see the light

:thup:

 

[Fish]

Seen plenty walking to school from about 7:30 so I would prefer them to be nice and safe and walk in daylight - more priority over a businessman who wants to see the light

Just buy them Hi-Vis vests and stop pandering over them, if they weren't all looking at their mobiles texting and looking where they should be walking it shouldn't be an issue, not sure about the stats of cars mounting pavements hitting school children walking in the dark, but hey, sure you'll be googling it by now, maybe if they all used proper zebra crossings also

Now, don't get me going on cyclist (and pedestrians) with earphones in listening to music/radio and coming on & off the pavements totally absorbed in what their listening to rather than being aware of what's around them, pedestrians are part of the highway code also, you know :smirk: