Save that daylight

I rather like daylight saving. When it was first introduced (re-introduced?) the balance between waking in sunlight and waking in the dark seemed quite acceptable. Of course, much of that depends on the time of day that you wake and that varies wildly from person to person.

A couple of years back our daylight saving period was extended. About three or four weeks was added at either end. As a consequence darkness has encroached considerably into the waking hours at the tail end of the period. That seemed more noticeable than ever this year which might have been a consequence of weather conditions or simply an incorrect perception. It is easy to forget precisely what the situation was in previous years.

Anyway daylight saving for this period ended during the night and for the first time in weeks I woke this morning in sunshine. How nice that felt.

The morning darkness will again encroach in the next few weeks until we reach our shortest day around June 21 so this morning's pleasure will be short felt but then it all begins again.