It had been misty for a week and the Sun had slipped eastwards unseen. Finally a new month brought a break in the weather and I huffed and puffed out from my kitchen desk to the corner of Lombard Street. This time, though, there was no sign of the Sun. Looking west down Lombard StreetContinue reading “1st December 2020 12:00”
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18th November 2020 12:00
In true autumn fashion it had been a wet and windy week, with no clear middays at all. Even this one was chancing it as clouds massed from the west, but it stayed clear enough to see the Sun. The alignment had moved a surprisingly long way both north and west in 11 days, andContinue reading “18th November 2020 12:00”
7th November 2020 12:00
Another so soon? It’d been such a miserably overcast October that any hint of Sun was a joy, and I was out anyway this day, a long walk west to St James’ Park to wander around with my mum and drink wine and gawp at pelicans. I’d timed the lockdown-permitted meeting to be here atContinue reading “7th November 2020 12:00”
4th November 2020 12:00
Yes, 12:00 – this is the first one out of British Summer Time, so back an hour we go. The Earth’s orbit doesn’t care for such things, and GMT is the real time – the Sun’s highest at actual midday. With a second lockdown freshly in place and a month of inactivity looming, I decidedContinue reading “4th November 2020 12:00”
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