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21-06-2011, 06:17
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Longest day of the year!
Its the longest day of the year today! Enjoy!
21-06-2011, 06:38
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Re: Longest day of the year!
Happy summer solstice.....oh and happy birthday to The Duke of Cambridge too
21-06-2011, 07:17
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Re: Longest day of the year!
Yes, after today the nights will start drawing in.
Soon be Christmas.
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21-06-2011, 07:23
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Re: Longest day of the year!
Oh, I didn't really want to hear that G.
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21-06-2011, 07:24
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Re: Longest day of the year!
soon be Christmas...... first day of summer looks more like winter , very dark and over cast ( not good )
21-06-2011, 08:56
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Re: Longest day of the year!
Sorry I'm a bit late on parade this morning just got back from Stonehenge
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21-06-2011, 09:02
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Re: Longest day of the year!
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Sorry I'm a bit late on parade this morning just got back from Stonehenge
So all this time you've been a closet Druid ?
Or even more scary Welsh !
Never mind though, you ain't the only foreigner if this is to be believed.
Half of Britons have German blood - Telegraph
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21-06-2011, 09:13
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Well Dave I can put your mind at rest I don't own a pair of wellies or Jackboots either
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21-06-2011, 09:23
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Re: Longest day of the year!
Midsummer always brings back memories of my 'longest day'.
It was 22nd June 1965, when I was in (childbirth) labour from dawn til dusk.
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21-06-2011, 09:39
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Re: Longest day of the year!
Jaysay
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Sorry I'm a bit late on parade this morning just got back from Stonehenge
Speaking of Stonehenge.....
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21-06-2011, 09:42
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Re: Longest day of the year!
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Its the longest day of the year today! Enjoy!
Well, technically, it's the longest day on 30th October - It's 25 hours because the clocks go back.
21-06-2011, 09:47
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Re: Longest day of the year!
As an amateur ancient history enthusiast, I can confidently report that Stonehenge predates the celtic druidic cult.
They have 'adopted' it as 'theirs', but it is really prehistory that belongs to all of us.
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21-06-2011, 12:11
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im alright then ...ive got irish blood in my veins .....
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21-06-2011, 12:13
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21-06-2011, 15:36
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Re: Longest day of the year!
You don't need to go to Scandinavia, to experience the Land of the Midnight Sun.
Even in Scotland at this time of year, it never really goes dark.
You can still see light from the sun setting in the west, whilst at the same time the dawn's already breaking in the east.
It's weird, coming out of a boozer in the Highlands at 2am, and it still being light.
Ying and yang though.
In December it's light for about forty three minutes.
It's no wonder there's so many alcoholics, and suicide cases in Sweden.
It could also explain the Krankies.
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