It's the winter solstice today. :D
Thank fuck for that, allthough we've probably not had the worst of the weather yet, i allways find this a psycholigically signifcant date. It means things start getting better rather than worse in terms of the hours of daylight vs darkness. There wont be any noticeable difference for a week or so, but after that it will be noticebale, every day of daylight will be about 3 minutes longer. It doesnt sound like much, but it means that by the end of every week from now until the summer solstice, we will get at least an extra 20 minutes of daylight.
I hate the run up to the winter solstice, its by far the worst time of year for me, ive managed to completely avoid all shops blaring christams songs all day, that really drives me mad, and today marks the turning point. If Stonehenge wasnt so far away and going to be so crowded and heavily policed i would go there to take part in the Pagan ritual.
Has anyone here ever been to 'the henge' at one of the Solstices ?