Clocks go forward one hour tonight!
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Foxholer
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And what time do you tee off? 7:20 arrival would seem to be before rush hour!
And the ability for GKs to see what they are doing at the ungodly hour they start might be a consideration too!
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Are you really that anal you want to argue over minutes... It can take you that long to put on your golf shoes, or wait for the group in front to tee off.
About 08.50 on Tuesdays, 11.02 on Wednesdays (after the Ladies Competition) and from 8.14 onwards on Thursdays depending on the draw for our weekly Seniors comp.
I also teach gliding on a evening course on Summer Thursdays, starting next week. This starts at 18.00 and goes on until darkness, or when we run out of students, whichever comes first. For most of the year, darkness is the limiting factor, so longer light evenings would be nice.
Foxholer
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So starting an hour earlier would be 'simple' on Tuesdays and Thursdays - and, presumable Monday and Friday!
With the added benefit of avoiding and reducing the rush hour! So why don't you?!!
Because I have to fit in with other people! I rarely play on Mondays or Fridays due other commitments. If I do it is in the evening, when more daylight would be useful.
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I was trying to show that since early March it has been getting light, as defined by civil twilight, before 06.00. How much use is that to the majority of people in the UK?
I was trying to show that since early March it has been getting light, as defined by civil twilight, before 06.00. How much use is that to the majority of people in the UK?
And what time would it get dark in July if the clocks didn't go toward? Pretty much everyone who worked normal 9-5 wouldn't get their club knockouts played midweek evenings.
Yes, but I am not arguing that the clocks shouldn't go forward at the end of March, just that they shouldn't go back to GMT at the end of October! GMT+2 would be nice in the Summer!
Maybe for a southerner but as Foxy says it dependant on latitude too.
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How rude!!! does anywhere else matter. It's not all about you Bri. 😃
richart
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Wow your casualty rate must be pretty high.
I am frightened of the dark!
Foxholer
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Because I have to fit in with other people! I rarely play on Mondays or Fridays due other commitments. If I do it is in the evening, when more daylight would be useful.
So even those in the group(s) you play with (on Tuesday and Thursday) aren't prepared to start an hour earlier, with all the advantages that that brings!
Admit it! Nobody wants it but you!
Doon frae Troon
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Hope you have your blackout curtains/shutters sorted out for those two hours of darkness.
Pesky bird was singing away at 4.30am outside my bedroom window the other day.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) want it (they have a lighter evenings campaign). So do most of my gliding and golfing friends.So even those in the group(s) you play with (on Tuesday and Thursday) aren't prepared to start an hour earlier, with all the advantages that that brings!
Admit it! Nobody wants it but you!
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The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) want it (they have a lighter evenings campaign). So do most of my gliding and golfing friends.
So not many then :thup:
Just like your other broken record subjects - its not going to change - accept it - move on.
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The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) want it (they have a lighter evenings campaign). So do most of my gliding and golfing friends.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) want it (they have a lighter evenings campaign). So do most of my gliding and golfing friends.
Some interesting stuff on the rospa site, but it fails to consider, or subsequently answer, one question.
If the clocks were moved forward, to reduce RTA's, what happens to all the (outside) workers who would be working an extra hour in the dark of a morning?
Sorry but you haven't convinced me that the rospa have a valid argument.
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