Longer Days

[Afishionado]

I don't know if all of you guys are aware that this is going to be the last time you will have had to put your clocks forward from GMT. The government has decided that BST will become the standard time for ENGLAND (Scotland may not)

 

In fact it is being proposed that next year having kept to BST through out we might put the clocks forward yet another hour (2hrs + GMT) for the summer months making lovely long days. This was done throughout the last war to enable factories to work 12hr days and yet have daylight in the evening for workers to enjoy. Many people of that generation bitterly regreted the return to GMT.

 

Wouldn't it be wonderfull to think of leaving the slipway at 6pm and knowing that there is yet another 5 hours of daylight ?

 

Mad Mike

[TomBettle]

I must have misheard the news on the wireless this morning as I thought they had rejected the plan and were keeping it as it is / was?

 

PS: Is the forum clock going to change or does that work to GMT?

[Newboy]

You have to change the time yourself. Since I am a lazy arse, I didn't bother last Oct (so I was always 1 hr out) but which mean I'm ok now

[Maverick Martin]

To change the time displayed on your forum go to my controls scroll down to options, select board controls, select the correct gmt setting for our area then check the daylight saving box, click on change my account settings. You settings should now be ok

 

Martin

 

[shytalk]

i thought they were all 24hrs long

[TomBettle]

TY Martin

[Afishionado]

 

I do apologise I read this as though it had become law. Any way as it says here I urge you all to email your MP's in support of longer daylight hours in the name of fishing.

 

Mad Mike

 

 

Peer fights for longer daytimes

 

Clocks go forward an hour in the early hours of Sunday

More than 400 people could be saved from death or serious injury each year if the way the UK changes the clocks is altered, says a peer pushing the move.

Lord Tanlaw is urging a three-year trial of "double summertime", claiming it would mean lighter evenings and be of huge benefit to road safety.

 

His Lighter Evenings Experiment Bill, which goes before the Lords on Friday, is backed by safety campaigners.

 

Clocks go forward at 0100GMT on Sunday, marking the official end of winter.

 

'Write to MPs'

 

Lord Tanlaw's system would mean clocks no longer reverted to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in October, but would stay one hour ahead until March. Another hour would then be added until the following October.

 

The changes would give an extra hour of evening daylight throughout the year.

 

Lighter evenings will also allow school children time to boot a ball about before going down the chippie or slumping in front of the family TV

 

Lord Tanlaw

 

But opponents warn of the longer hours of darkness on winter mornings, especially in Scotland, the north of England and Northern Ireland.

 

This, they say, might lead to an increase in road accidents

 

However, Lord Tanlaw, who wants people to write to their MP in support of his proposals, says the scheme could save 100 lives a year and 300 injuries.

 

"The reason for doing this is to improve the quality of life for the majority of people and also to reduce the number of road accidents per year," he said.

 

"Some 18% of accident involving school children occur in the mornings and 84% in the dark evenings after school.

 

"Even if it saves one life a year, I think this bill will have been worth it."

 

The lighter evenings would also help tourism and business and have the "added bonus" of bringing the UK into line with much of Europe, he said.

 

Government opposed?

 

It could lead to safer streets as most street crime occurs after dark and would save energy as electric lights would not be on as long.

 

"Lighter evenings will also allow school children time to boot a ball about before going down the chippie or slumping in front of the family TV," he said.

 

Just consider the benefit to the Olympics themselves in having an extra hour of daylight in which to hold the events

 

Colin Dawson

BALPPA

 

A poll of more than 1,500 politicians, including MPs, peers, MEPs, MSPs and Welsh Assembly men and women, suggests a majority in support of the bill, he said.

 

But last year Science Minister Lord Sainsbury signalled his rejection of the bill, which receives its second reading on Friday.

 

He said the plan had been tried between 1968 and 1971 and abandoned.

 

However, Lord Tanlaw, a crossbencher, who is also a proprietor of a railway engineering group, a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Horological Institute, says he wants to see evidence that the plan would not work now.

 

Roger Vincent, from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), backs the measure, saying it is a campaign the group has been behind for years.

 

"If you have lighter evenings all year round it's better in terms of road safety," he said.

 

"It will be better for school children and older people, who will be able to return home from the shops in daylight."

 

Olympic bid

 

The move is also backed by BALPPA, which represents Britain's leading leisure parks, seaside piers and visitor attractions.

 

Chief executive Colin Dawson said: "An extra hour on the clocks in summer would create the opportunity for British tourism to operate an extra hour a day.

 

"In addition, the government is naturally anxious that Britain performs well in the Olympic medal tables in 2012, and longer evenings will enable many athletes to train longer.

 

"Just consider the benefit to the Olympics themselves in having an extra hour of daylight in which to hold the events."

 

 

 

[plaicemat]

Surely if this continues unopposed, there is going to be no period of darkness when we can fish for sole. I don't think I'm ready for this.

 

Terry B.

[Swainiac]

I personally think that Mikey should shell out some of his squirreled millions and buy a labour Peerage, then he can put forward all our views, when the Chamber is relativley empty, and get through some cracking laws.

 

Rich

[crazy fred]

so would it not be better if we put the clocks back five hours , and get our athletes to train in the dark giving them a huge advantage in the next olympics ie archery in the afternoon?

[Afishionado]

Do y'know I try to be serious from time to time with little snipetts of information or bits of boaty info' and what happens ?? Every one takes the P

 

Mad Mike

[crazy fred]

what i dont understand is politions only think people get run over in the evening so does nobody get up b4 9 in westminster

 

 

 

 

Lord Tanlaw is urging a three-year trial of "double summertime", claiming it would mean lighter evenings and be of huge benefit to road safety.

[Coddy]

what i dont understand is politions only think people get run over in the evening so does nobody get up b4 9 in westminster

 

 

 

 

Lord Tanlaw is urging a three-year trial of "double summertime", claiming it would mean lighter evenings and be of huge benefit to road safety.

Hi Fred

 

Just in case you are being serious, the majority of the working population work between 7am & 6pm

 

Most get a reasonable nights sleep, if they are lucky, so they tend to be more fresh and awake in the morning than on thier homeward journey.

 

So if it's darker in the morning there is more chance of drivers being more alert than in the afternoon after a hard days work and thinking about going fishing as soon as he/she gets home.

 

I am all for the extra hour.

 

The SNP, Scottish lot, wont block the proposal as they will keep the same old times as they can now make their own laws, you will just have to change your clocks every time you go to Scotland.

 

Coddy

[Swainiac]

What Lord Tanlaw failed to mention is that he indeed, owns the "Double Summertime" company and being the majority shareholder, is going to make a killing from his trial. Cynic.........moi?????? Nah!!!!!

 

 

Rich

[Afishionado]

What Lord Tanlaw failed to mention is that he indeed, owns the "Double Summertime" company and being the majority shareholder, is going to make a killing from his trial. Cynic.........moi?????? Nah!!!!!

 

 

Rich

That aside Rich which, IMO, is a is a none starter in the argument not to change, extra daylight hours would be a great benifit to all in this day and age of people having more leasure time.

 

Mad Mike

[plaicemat]

That's a whole new can of worms, Mike. I don't think my memory is that much behind yours and I remember my parents having far more leisure time, without the advantage of all the 'labour saving' devices we have now. My Father used to go to work at 8.00am, was home soon after 5.00pm because people didn't travel so far for work, and had every weekend to himself. We used to regularly cycle down to Weybourne beach in Norfolk in the evening to catch a few dabs.

 

In recent years, I have considered myself lucky if I have had an hours break between dinner and bed so as to be up at the crack of sparrows to do it all again. However, that is now all over and, by God, I'm going to make the most of it! The 'Gone Fishin' sign will be on my door far more often.

 

Terry B.