Popular Post spikey Posted December 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2021 Solstice greetings to anyone else on here who'll be celebrating today rather than on Saturday. May you find peace, love and happiness. 14 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2021 I love the Winter Solstice. It represents the nadir of the year, and the days from here on get longer again, which is so welcome. My mother would have been 111 tomorrow, but sadly has been gone 48 years. I am stuck in Sherry's flat, shielding while I wait for a result of the PCR test HMG required me to take last Thursday, after arriving from France, where Omicron levels are far lower. What happens if they never send me a result? Do I stay here forever? 1 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted December 21, 2021 Moderators Share Posted December 21, 2021 8 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: What happens if they never send me a result? Do I stay here forever? Welcome to the Hotel Riviera, such a lovely place. 1 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold AndrueC Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2021 Here comes the sun... I don't celebrate Christmas but I always have a little celebration for the day after the solstice - saying hello to the new sun 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Io Saturnalia! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2021 Solstice blessings to all. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold AndrueC Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Oldddudders said: I am stuck in Sherry's flat, shielding while I wait for a result of the PCR test HMG required me to take last Thursday, after arriving from France, where Omicron levels are far lower. What happens if they never send me a result? Do I stay here forever? Apparently I live in the country's Omicron hotspot. Can't say I've noticed but then I never did have much of a social life. One of the things I like about golf is its lack of mandatory social interaction. In one competition I mentioned to my foursome that I struggle to remember other people's names and one of the guys replied "I find it doesn't matter, much" 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40152 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 A Solstice blessing to you all from way up north 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2021 It would have been my parents (both deceased) wedding anniversary. 40+ years. Terry. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Just over 6 hours of daylight today, I don't mind as I love the seasons and now free of the shackles of working for a living I can enjoy them in my Autumn. Peaceful wishes to all. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2021 Yey - its up hill to the summer, longer days which is better for lots of us as these dark days batter many of us. To those who celebrate, enjoy. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold AndrueC Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Blandford1969 said: Yey - its up hill to the summer, longer days which is better for lots of us as these dark days batter many of us. To those who celebrate, enjoy. G o L F ! Okay so I play all the year around but I can't currently play in the evenings. It's a coming! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Disappointing absence of Sol here today. I like to watch the march of risings and settings along the horizon, and always breathe a deep sigh of relief when they seem to pause, and after an agonising wait of a few days, visibly start to go in the opposite direction. Every year, there is just that tiny nag in the back of the mind that it isn’t going to happen, that the march will somehow go on, until it becomes permanent night. I certainly sympathise with those who live where it does, and the agonising wait is much longer. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Soon be Spring.....anybody seen a butterfly yet? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 C'mon! We haven't even had winter yet!! Time to brace yerself.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold AndrueC Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2021 27 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: C'mon! We haven't even had winter yet!! Time to brace yerself.... That's true. We still have February to come. February can be a cruel, cruel month. My birthday is in February - that's how bad it can be 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) We have to wait until after dark to see the Christmas lights ... it isn't getting dark until around 9:00pm here, at present. Edited December 22, 2021 by SRman 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted December 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2021 It must be spring though, I've seen my first Easter egg. Seriously though it can't come soon enough, these dark mornings make getting going really hard. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold AndrueC Posted December 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2021 Several years ago I was commuting to Birmingham by train and standing on a station platform at 7am on a winter morning has nothing to recommend it especially when you know that at the end of the journey is a day's work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 My cat certainly thinks Spring can't come soon enough - she was out for all of 2 minutes this morning before heading back to a radiator! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 11 hours ago, AndrueC said: Several years ago I was commuting to Birmingham by train and standing on a station platform at 7am on a winter morning has nothing to recommend it especially when you know that at the end of the journey is a day's work Or at the end of a night's work you have a journey home on a 317 at 0520, all station stopper, 60 odd miles....uncomfortable, cold, noisy... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold AndrueC Posted December 23, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2021 11 hours ago, stewartingram said: Or at the end of a night's work you have a journey home on a 317 at 0520, all station stopper, 60 odd miles....uncomfortable, cold, noisy... Sounds awful. At least the Chiltern line was clean and punctual and since I was working in Birmingham not London it was always possible to find a seat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejstubbs Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 21/12/2021 at 20:03, AndrueC said: February can be a cruel, cruel month. "February fill-grave" Norman Nicholson called it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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