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UK Clock Change

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Cressida Sat 08-Nov-25 12:43:00

I don't remember it but Googling confirms the clocks were moved forward but not put back 1968- 1971 which meant staying at BST all year round.

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Bazza Sat 08-Nov-25 12:39:53

I was working I London at the time and I just remember it still being dark when I got there and dark when I got home. I never seemed to see daylight!

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Flippinheck Sat 08-Nov-25 12:26:04

I’ve adapted but my cat hasn’t. grin

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Skye17 Sat 08-Nov-25 12:14:39

Bazza, what was it you didn't like about it?

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Bazza Sat 08-Nov-25 11:47:50

I used to think we shouldn’t change the clocks until a five year experiment in the sixties, and it was so awful that I don’t moan anymore about the inevitable inconveniences like changing all the clocks. Not many people seem to remember it, but I promise it did happen!

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Cressida Sat 08-Nov-25 11:41:25

I'm another one that thinks we should just stay at GMT/UTC/Zulu time.

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fancythat Sat 08-Nov-25 11:28:02

I find i naturally adapt my going to be time by 10 mins, each evening, for 6 evenings until i have adjusted.
Nearly as accurate as that.

So try doing it that way?

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Skye17 Sat 08-Nov-25 10:53:16

Could you try going to bed half an hour earlier?

I do sympathise. I wish the clocks were just left on Greenwich Mean Time all year round.

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janetsp Sat 08-Nov-25 10:44:18

Is anyone having the same problem as me?
Does anyone have any helpful advice?
Normally my sleep regime is pretty good. I go to bed at around 9 pm unless I have visitors, am out for the evening, etc. I read for an hour or hour and half. I get straight off the sleep.
Usually I will wake around 7 am after a reasonable night’s sleep.
Since the clock change I persist in waking around 6 an and cannot get back to sleep. I altered my bedtime regime when the clocks changed and have tried to stay up later in the evening but nothing has impacted on my new 6 am start.
I often feel tired by mid-afternoon but not to the extent that I am napping.
It wouldn’t be so bad in the summer but in winter, being up at 6 am is getting me down!

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