Well, There Went The Shortest Day.......

RSALLAN2002

October is the longest month, by 1 hour.

Ha! Love that 😁👍

Ditto

AuntieE

Frankly, I don't mind where OP chose to post this, just as long as I am allowed to disagree heartily with the sentiment.

I love the early dark evenings of winter, and detest the dreary wet months that we call spring.

That was my point AuntieE. I might nit gave looked at it- Im not really into pedantry.

Paperbackwriter

Going to be the Tedious Utter Pedant here and point out that the daylight hours don't start getting longer till about January 5th (something to do with the earth's axis). But hey - love the Solstice! Happy Yule/Christmas everyone!

Well, they do but it is barely noticeable because it's only seconds at first, increasing to minutes per day.
We won't notice it at first because it is so brief.

Going to be the Tedious Utter Pedant here and point out that the daylight hours don't start getting longer till about January 5th (something to do with the earth's axis). But hey - love the Solstice! Happy Yule/Christmas everyone!

detest the dreary wet months

Springs in recent years have been surprisingly dry in comparison to the last century.

2025
It was the warmest spring on record for all four UK nations.
It was also one of the driest springs in over 50 years nationally.
England experienced its driest spring since 1893.

After the extraordinary rainfall and floods of autumn, I'm looking forward to spring 🤞

Frankly, I don't mind where OP chose to post this, just as long as I am allowed to disagree heartily with the sentiment.

I love the early dark evenings of winter, and detest the dreary wet months that we call spring.

October is the longest month, by 1 hour.

👏

We got one more minute of light yesterday and I think one more today. Roll on the Spring 🌷🌼

Oh well spotted @MaizieD! Like you, I consider the “day” to be hours of daylight but a pedant would of course be correct in saying they are all 24 hours long. Well played @CabbageWars13 😁🤶

RosieandherMaw

CabbageWars13

kittylester

Did you post this in Pedant's corner on purpose? I nearly scrolled past.

Ooh, picky, picky, picky!

Not really. You wouldn’t expect to find your teapot in the freezer or the bread in your knicker drawer would you?

Well, I did once buy some school socks in Sainsbury's for one of the DC, the till operator very kindly helped me to pack. I got home, packed the shopping away but couldn't find the socks so thought I had left them in the shop.

A couple of weeks later I found them in the freezer at the bottom of the poly bag containing bread.

Wyllow3

What is a SOH corner?

Sense of humour.

My Dad used to love it when the days got longer and used to say “you can have your tea in daylight by Valentine’s Day”. He was right as he always had his tea at 5 o’clock. We think of him every year.

What is a SOH corner?

Wyllow3

A pedant replies: Casdon was referring to GN's being a strange lot. Or had been....

Perhaps the forum could be labelled No SOH corner?

Wyllow3

A pedant replies: Casdon was referring to GN's being a strange lot. Or had been....

Unusual to find a pedantic reply in Pedants’ Corner you mean?

Although the days have been dark, let’s not wish our lives away?

A pedant replies: Casdon was referring to GN's being a strange lot. Or had been....

Yes, and an unreliable grammar checker to boot!

Casdon

I keep cashmere jumpers in the freezer over the summer to avoid moth holes. Were a strange lot on Gransnet.

As it’s Pedants’ Corner, maybe you were - but are you still?

I keep cashmere jumpers in the freezer over the summer to avoid moth holes. Were a strange lot on Gransnet.

Oh, I don't know. I sometimes try to put the washing in the microwave...

CabbageWars13

kittylester

Did you post this in Pedant's corner on purpose? I nearly scrolled past.

Ooh, picky, picky, picky!

Not really. You wouldn’t expect to find your teapot in the freezer or the bread in your knicker drawer would you?

Sorry, cabbagewars, I look at the thread headings before I look at the thread. I am probably the only person in here who does.

Are you new - i don't recall seeing your name before - anyway welcome.