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18 December 2005
Filed under:Interesting facts,London,Personal at5:04 pm



Strange twilight at Canonbury Station

Originally uploaded by D & D.


It’s fairly well known when the longest and shortest days of the year (the Solstices) are in a given location (this year the Winter Solstice in London will be 21st Dec). But for complicated reasons (see this post for explanation), the sun started setting later here around the middle of this week. So if like me your primary concern is when the sun sets and not when it rises, the long dark tunnel of winter is already giving way to spring – in my head at least…