CLOCKS 'SPRING' FORWARD...

In SPRING the clocks 'spring forward' (and in AUTUMN they 'Fall' back) so today 1 am becomes 2 am. OK - will you lose an hours sleep? Or get up later than usual and have a little lie in... because you're worth it?!

This week MEPs voted to approve plans for European Union member states to abolish clock changes if they want.

Countries are expected to choose to either remain permanently on summer or winter time, although Portugal and Greece are among those which have previously indicated they would rather retain the present system.

It is more than a 100 years since the changing the clocks was first established in the UK under the Summer Time Act 1916. Despite the results of the EU survey suggesting that 82% of British respondents wanted to abolish DST, there does not seem to be any great political will to do so. Which means we can still all look forward to gaining an hour’s sleep when the clocks go back again on Sunday 27 October.

Source: The Guardian website here...