My picture of the day-Where's yours?

[Toshiba Boy]

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Didn't recognise you Pete:-)

 

[PeteXXX]

Didn't recognise you Pete:-)

That's because I'm wearing one on my face as a disguise 😉

 

[PeteXXX]

A Rusticle in the Oxendon tunnel..

 

[tyred]

No cycling today but a day spent on the Robert Burns trail.

 

[lazybloke]

Solstice sunset!

 

[matticus]

Solstice sunset!

Nice pics!

So are we all agreed that "Solstice" was last night? Was this morning's dawn "Solstice sunrise"??

(I'm night-riding this weekend to make use of the (almost) shortest nights - Cumbria/Yorkie border, so shouldn't be dark for very long ))) )

 

[lazybloke]

Nice pics!

Ta!

So are we all agreed that "Solstice" was last night? Was this morning's dawn "Solstice sunrise"??

I take the solstice to be the moment when the poles reach maximum tilt towards & away from the sun.
Which Google tells me was 9:50pm yesterday , 20th June 2024.
It varies between 20-22nd June due to leap years - ie the calendar year isn't quite in sync with Earth orbiting the Sun.
Yesterday was the longest day this year, so the druids and other folk have missed. A bit like Christians getting the date wrong for Easter every year; must be a logistical challenge for Cadbury.

Interestingly, the earliest sunrise this year was several days ago, and the latest sunset isn't until early next week.

(I'm night-riding this weekend to make use of the (almost) shortest nights - Cumbria/Yorkie border, so shouldn't be dark for very long ))) )

I'm jealous, that'll be beautiful. Hope the weather is good to you.
I'll be getting wet on the Friday Night Ride to Brighton this evening.... Hoping for some brightness at the top of Ditchling B.

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Alex H]

On holiday en route to Orkney

Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland

 

[tyred]

I enjoyed the off the beaten track parts of NCN 7 today.

 

[Grant Fondo]

the odd one or two England fans on Thursday in Frankfurt

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Ilfracombe Harbour entrance.

 

[Alex H]

The Old Man of Hoy (bike in car, on ferry )

 

[Chislenko]

Regrettably when a bloke was taking his white haired retriever out for a canoe ride I didn't have my phone with me.

So not quite as good but in the basement of a housing scheme someone appears to be assembling a collection.

 

[Willd]

The A5, quite peaceful at 7.30, not so much at 12.30