Daylight saving

Ah BlueBalou, I did a few nights too, however swings and roundabouts there were the others that gave you an hour too so it wasn’t so bad.

I remember when this was talked about some years ago the reason given for not ditching BST was difficulties for farmers in the north of Scotland.

It really doesn’t bother me now I’m retired but when doing night duty the extra hour work (unpaid because the NHS assumed you also worked an hour less when the clock went back 🙄) was hard.
I have a car clock that’s not changed too!

Give me daylight for the longest time while I'm awake, so clock changes or permanent BST or even double BST all year round.

Most of my clocks are in digital devices and they change themselves without any input from me. I dont have any regular time to go to bed or get up so it has little effect on me.

I finally have a car that auto changes the clock, but it is an analog so I had to go back to being comfortable using that. Everything has been digital for so long now, you almost forget.

I much prefer Summer time year around to standard time year around as well.

Well tonight’s the night-or rather tomorrow morning’s the morning. I’ll probably wake up at seven as usual but the thought of it being 6 o’clock is really offputting.
Shall I get up that hour early and do some more prep? Or take our dog for an extra early walk-although she might think that’s setting a precedent?
Or shall I make a cuppa and read for an hour?
What will you do with your extra hour?

Glad it's not just me all sorts! I hate changing the clocks - my cooker is a nightmare! Wish we could stop this daylight savings nonsense!!

Perhaps when Scotland attains the separation from the rest of the UK which it seeks we can stay on GMT and Scotland can ally itself with the rest of Europe and be an hour ahead?

I remember the experiment to keep BST all year. It resulted in fewer accidents involving school children because the darker time was the morning when the children were relatively fresh and calm rather than the end for the day when they were tired and probably hyper after being cooped up for the whole day. I think they should have kept it.
If I remember rightly the main objections came from the farmers in Scotland.

There are a few folk who never change their clocks. I’m not sure which time they stay on but they obviously have to be constantly aware that they are either an hour ahead or behind the rest of the country.
I have read newspaper interviews with them and they insist that it works for them !

Huge potential though for them to miss, say, hospital appointments

And before anyone starts asking why I think this, it is because GMT follows the motion of the sun. Midday is the time the sun is at its highest and the daylight is distributed evenly around midday.

Yhis article would seem to disagree.
www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/01/01/this-is-how-the-sun-moves-in-the-sky-throughout-the-year/

There are only so many hours of daylight in a day. We can't change that however much we might like to. Daylight saving is a nonsense as you cannot save daylight.
I'm quite happy to stay the way we are but what worries me is that those who want to scrap "daylight saving" generally want to stay on BST instead of reverting to "God's time" which is GMT.
And before anyone starts asking why I think this, it is because GMT follows the motion of the sun. Midday is the time the sun is at its highest and the daylight is distributed evenly around midday.
In the early seventies we did an experiment where we kept BST all year round. I remember it as a very dismal couple of winters.

It doesn't bother me either way.

However, I'm glad the clocks are going back tomorrow as I have my annual blood tests at 07.00 on Tuesday, so at least I now won't be walking there in the pitch dark!

I wish they would leave the clocks alone - plays havoc with my sleep despite only being an hour! I just get accustomed to the previous change and it's time for another! Arggghhh!

Working night shifts used to be the worst thing though - a 12 hours shift ended up being a 13 hour one and you could guarantee not to be rota'd on nights when the clocks went forwards an hour to give you an 11 hour shift!

Your clock is only wrong for 5 months, not 6, BST lasts 7 months and GMT 5 months

Living in the north of the country I feel GMT is best in the winter and BST in the summer so I vote for no change.

Stick to GMT and those who do not like it can always change their personal routines and get up an hour earlier/later.

The number of hours of light and dark are out of our control, we will still have the same number of hours of darkness and light, whether we change the clocks or not.

I dread the dark nights.

Same here, Allsorts ?

DST clock shifts sometimes complicate timekeeping and can disrupt travel, billing, record keeping, medical devices, and sleep patterns. Computer software generally adjusts clocks automatically (Wikipedia).

I don't think we're ever all going to agree. It suits some, but not others.

This is an interesting look at the history and attitudes towards DST by National Geographic:

www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/2019/02/daylight-saving-time-explained

I prefer Daylight Time, suits our dog walks.

I also value an extra hour of light in the afternoon rather than the morning

I'd rather stay at one constant time. I believe we will follow the western US in the fall of 2023 and stay on Standard time.

I would rather have more daylight at at the evening. We are quite northern, and only get about 7.5 hours of daylight in Dec, so quite gloomy.
I think the reason for changing is no longer relevant, so why keep it.

I do like an extra hour's sleep!
#dormouse