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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Winter Hillwalking in British Summer Time
The Scotsman reported on saturday that the majority of Scots would rather that the clocks didn't go back in the winter and would prefer that extra hour of daylight at the end of the day, meaning that we'd be on British Summer Time all year round.
So what would this mean for winter hillwalking? Well, an extra hour in bed of course? Maybe not but if you're not a morning person, getting up at 6am on a sunday morning so that you can be on the hill at 8am when it gets light is difficult. I normally sleep that little bit longer, end up on the hill well after daylight and as a result I'm often coming off the hill in the dark. I'd much rather be able to crawl out of bed a bit later and be sure of an extra hour of daylight when I was on the hill. It would definitely encourage me to get out more often in the winter. So my vote is for summertime all year round. Especially in winter. Posted by bigcrags @
3:54 PM
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