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Why are you up this early on the summer solstice?

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FiveGoMadInDorset · 21/06/2025 04:34

I am just leaving to pick up a friend to go for a swim and watch the sun come up

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MollyMini · 21/06/2025 08:39

My son was gliding - he was selected to be first up so got to see sunrise from a glider! What a day! Xx

xSideshowAuntSallyXx · 21/06/2025 10:38

Crunchymum · 21/06/2025 08:26

It was just on BBC.

Sunrise is the same time each day but sunset tonight is 21:21 whereas for the next 3 nights it's 21:22.

By Wednesday sunrise is a minute later so exact amount of daylight as today.

The days don't actually get shorter until Friday 27th (when there is a minute less daylight than today?)

Maybe the BBC info isn't correct? Who knows!

Accoding to BBC By 4th July we've already lost 8 whole minutes of daylight. Mind-blowing!!

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Then the daylight starts getting less. Soon we'll be talking about heating and winter.

ohyesido · 21/06/2025 10:54

It’s my wedding anniversary. We were supposed to be married on 21 June 2020 but of course the year I book my wedding is the same year a global pandemic hits.

so we had to put it off for a year. But then we enjoyed the distinction of being the first post lockdown wedding on 21 June 2021

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