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Shortest day of the year - they're all getting longer from here on! yay!

21-12-2009 03:37PM

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This is great news and cheers me up no end.:)

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#2 21-12-2009 03:47PM

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Hear! Hear! as they say in Westminster. Not many more dark mornings and dark evenings left, or snowy days. Roll on, spring and summer!

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#3 21-12-2009 04:32PM

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Beautiful, that means Newgrange was strutting it's stuff today.

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#4 21-12-2009 04:38PM

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I love the winter solstice, it's the real start of a new year.

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#5 21-12-2009 06:53PM

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Aw wow!!! I totally forgot.. this thread totally cheered me up! I love long days and summertime!!!

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#6 21-12-2009 10:20PM

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It was the longest day of the year for me. Was light until about 10pm!

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#7 30-12-2009 01:54PM

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Only until June and then they start to get shorter again

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