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Reasons to be cheerful 2024

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  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152


     I'm alive, and still standing (okay, sitting).
    Good news, keep it up!


  • Been for a scan this afternoon. They tell me nothing!!

    They're saving their breath, no doubt !  I find clinicians are like that, a...secretive lot!  ;)
    When you really want to find out anything relating to your current health situation, rowlandscastle, ask them exactly what you want. 
    Ask and it shall be given.
    And, of course, keep your thoughts positive.  
    BestEST Wishes, always :)


  • ViewAheadViewAhead Posts: 866
    Last day of winter ... meteorologically speaking! ✅
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I can’t get to grips with the astronomical calendar. That gives us Spring starting on the equinox, March 20th. Summer then begins with the solstice which is June 20th this year. Mid summer’s day, by tradition and one of the legal quarter days, is June 24th which must mean, if summer starts on the 20th and has its mid point on the 24th, summer ends on June 28th. Some years that seems about right.
    Rutland, England
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yep … that’s what it’s like in East Anglia today ☔️ ☔️ ☔️ 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    This is the explanation from the Royal observatory Greenwich.

    "When the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, it receives more direct sunlight and for a longer portion of the day, so the temperature increases. Similarly in winter, the reduction in sunlight hours and more glancing angle to the Sun means the air remains colder.

    However, just as with the air in your home, the atmosphere and, more importantly, the oceans take time to heat up. This means that even though the solstice marks the longest or shortest days (and the most direct or indirect sunlight), there is a considerable lag between that and the peak of warm or cold weather. As a result, meteorological (weather-based) summer starts at the beginning of June and ending with the last day of August. Astronomical summer can either begin on the solstice, or, if using length of days as a guide, be centred on the solstice, depending on the situation. "

    No idea if that helps or not.😁

    AB Still learning

  • ViewAheadViewAhead Posts: 866
    I was following it confidently till the last line, which seems a tad contradictory. 😂  I am going with 1st of March/June/Sept/Dec as the start of my seasons.  👍
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    @ViewAhead I'm going with your perfectly reasonable seasons.
    In addition, I will continue to use Celsius to prove how cold it is and Fahrenheit to prove how hot it is.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ViewAheadViewAhead Posts: 866
    Quite right too! 😁
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