To hate the clocks changing

[Rach5l]

??? I can't be the only one
And I live in the north. With kids who catch a bus to school.
I understand about making winter mornings safer but what about winter evenings? Surely cars, headlights and general awareness are better these days than when it was set.
Tractors these days are super high tech
Someone please explain the rationale I need good reasons or it's going to continue to bother me

Depends what you mean by "changed". In the 1960s there was a spell when it was BST all year round, so winter time clearly changed then.

Why I mean by 'changed' is that the whole clock changing thing didn't come about to save any light in winter. It wasn't to appease Scottish farmers or school children in winter. It wasn't anything to do with winter. It was summertime that changed.

An experiment in the 60's was just that, an experiment.

We should be thankful the original idea wasn’t adopted. Imagine pratting about changing by 20 mins for 8 weeks of the year!

(William Willett was Chris Martin’s great-great-grandfather. He wanted more time to play golf in the evening. Priorities, eh?)

Well, it was a three year experiment, Kipling, so hardly a flash in the pan.

I’ve been robbed! I woke up this morning and realised that at some time in the night some cheeky git stole an hour from my life!? I hate it!

I remember the 1960s experiment,we lived in Yorkshire and it was quite scarey going to school in the dark.

On the other hand, I regularly had after school activities that meant I was going home in the dark. I seriously objected to that, and loved the BST experiment which meant it was no longer the case.

Time for this. Love it.

It's not just Scottish children - parts of England are further north than parts of Scotland.

It would be dark here until knocking on 10am. Yabu.

I don't mind it that much now but it was horrific when the kids were little. Each time they dropped a nap I'd just have managed to get them into a decent routine again and then the bloody clocks would change.

If we stayed on BST all year it wouldn't be light til after 9am up here in Scotland and that would be miserable and difficult.

I completely agree. I wish we stayed on GMT all year. I have no interest in lighter evenings at all.

If it's warm enough, I'll stay out in the dark - just like people do in hot countries nearer the equator, where there's less seasonal variation in daylight and it's dark by seven even in summer.

Well, it was a three year experiment, Kipling, so hardly a flash in the pan

Neither was it the start or the end or the reason for clock change though. My point is that it is summertime and not winter that changes. Aside from the 60's thing that has always been the case.

it's NOT light here at 9am on GMT tbh...and there's plenty of Scotland further north than I am!

pretty much the whole of December and January the children would trudge off to the bus in the half light at 8.30 and it would be dark on their return at 4.30

Only real exception to that is one of those superbly clear cold frosty days where the sky and the sea are both icy blue...and we don't seem to get days like that anymore!