Long light Scottish evenings.

[delc]

I note that due to the rain delay at The Open Championship at St Andrews today, some of the players will not be teeing off until after 7 pm, but as it doesn't get dark up there until 11pm at this time of year, they have some chance of completing their rounds. There would be no chance whatsoever in Southern England. Might just get 9 holes in if you hurried round.

Every time we in England have tried to get the UK time zone shifted so that we too can have more daylight in the evenings, the Scots have squealed like stuck pigs, claiming that the Sassenachs are trying to steal an hour of their daylight in the Winter, and blocking the change in Parliament. It would make a lot of sense to move onto Central European Time, particularly in saving energy and giving the majority of the UK's population more outdoor leisure time in the evenings.

 

[guest100718]

Yeah it'd be nice if it were light till gone 11. Not sure my Mrs approve of me being on the course till 11 pm though....

 

[Paul77]

I was out playing the other night till about 9:30pm. I'm in Glasgow. Still could have fitted another few holes in but the hills killed the light and I watch way too many horror films.

 

[delc]

I was out playing the other night till about 9:30pm. I'm in Glasgow. Still could have fitted another few holes in but the hills killed the light and I watch way too many horror films.

Sunset in my part of the world is currently at about 9pm, so totally dark by 9.30pm.

 

[DCB]

We're in mid July now, so anything past 9pm at The Open will be subject to a clear sky. You could certainly knock it around your own patch until nearer 10pm if it was a clear sky. Cloudy murky sky will make a big difference. Back around midsummer day you could easily have played until after 10pm.

 

[delc]

We're in mid July now, so anything past 9pm at The Open will be subject to a clear sky. You could certainly knock it around your own patch until nearer 10pm if it was a clear sky. Cloudy murky sky will make a big difference. Back around midsummer day you could easily have played until after 10pm.

I've checked the sunrise and sunset tables for my area, and the latest sunset on midsummer's day is 9.20pm. We get less twilight down here, so no chance of still playing at 10pm!

 

[DCB]

I used to travel to Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire and was always amazed at how quickly the light went even in mid summer. Big difference between here and down there.

 

[Paul77]

When I was in South Africa, the sun died about 5pm every night in December. That was really odd.

 

[delc]

I used to travel to Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire and was always amazed at how quickly the light went even in mid summer. Big difference between here and down there.

Ashby-de-la-Zouch is relatively 'up north' as far as I am concerned. Where I am, even on a clear evening, you only get about 25 minutes of twilight, and for the last 10 minutes of that it is difficult to see where a golf ball has gone!

 

[azazel]

Suggestion - enjoy the fact that for most of the year, when you have daylight, you've got much warmer, drier weather and don't worry so much about the odd hour during summer evenings :thup:

 

[delc]

When I was in South Africa, the sun died about 5pm every night in December. That was really odd.

I was there in January, and the sunset was just after 7pm in Bloemfontain as I recall. It does get dark very quickly there.

 

[Adi2Dassler]

I think that Aberdeenshire coasts is one of the driests parts of The UK too?

 

[Paul77]

I was there in January, and the sunset was just after 7pm in Bloemfontain as I recall. It does get dark very quickly there.

I was in Durban right enough. I did travel through to Kimberly and passed Bloemfontain on the way. Took days to drive there lol. I wouldn't fancy my chances playing golf there.

 

[delc]

Suggestion - enjoy the fact that for most of the year, when you have daylight, you've got much warmer, drier weather and don't worry so much about the odd hour during summer evenings :thup:

Yes, but that extra hour makes a big difference if you want to fit in a round of golf after work! Only possibly for about a month before and after the Summer Solstice down here.

 

[Val]

Yes, but that extra hour makes a big difference if you want to fit in a round of golf after work! Only possibly for about a month before and after the Summer Solstice down here.

And what's the earliest you get out in Dec?

Stop the clocks changing and it could be 10am we see daylight in Dec

 

[delc]

I was in Durban right enough. I did travel through to Kimberly and passed Bloemfontain on the way. Took days to drive there lol. I wouldn't fancy my chances playing golf there.

Apparently there are some very nice golf courses in the Bloemfontain area, although I didn't get to play any of them.

 

[Liverbirdie]

In the NW, based on teeing off at 4.30/5.00 a 3 ball can normally get a full round in from late April through to September.

I think each country in the Uk should be able to vote on what they want. No real need for us all to be on the same time zone, and can be 1 hour different, if required.

 

[c1973]

I think that Aberdeenshire coasts is one of the driests parts of The UK too?

I think you are correct.
Pretty sure that Dornoch (of Royal Dornoch fame is 'the' driest), something to do with the way the cloud comes in over the hills and sort of splits either side of the town....not sure how to explain it, but ive seen it happen while playing the course there, pissing down either side but nice and dry on the course....lovely.

 

[delc]

And what's the earliest you get out in Dec?

Stop the clocks changing and it could be 10am we see daylight in Dec

I think I could put up with a few weeks of getting up in the dark in the middle of Winter, just to get longer Summer evenings!

 

[delc]

I think you are correct.
Pretty sure that Dornoch (of Royal Dornoch fame is 'the' driest), something to do with the way the cloud comes in over the hills and sort of splits either side of the town....not sure how to explain it, but ive seen it happen while playing the course there, pissing down either side but nice and dry on the course....lovely.

It's called the Fohn effect. In the prevailing Westerly wind, the air is dried out and slightly warmed up as it passes over the Grampian Mountains. In England we get the same effect in the lee of the Welsh Mountains and the Pennines.