[Sca-cooks] Circles (was Period gifts in jars + question)

[Sue Clemenger]

We have about 8 hours of reasonable daylight in the winter, and almost 
the reverse in the summer.  Oy, but winter is a _long_ six months! 
Montana's about the same latitude as France, IIRC, so the effect would 
be a bit more pronounced in the British Isles.
--maire, who goes to work in the dark, and comes home in the 
dark....ugh.....


Finne Boonen wrote:


>>Never been to England, especially Northern England, in the summer, have you?
>>They are a LOT closer to the Arctic Circle than most of the northern USA, and
>>it stays quite light outside until well after 10 at night around the time of
>>the summer solstice, and gets light very early in the morning.  A 12 or more
>>hour workday would be quite possible just with natural light in the summer. In
>>the winter, of course, you'd have a MUCH shorter period of good working light
>>- possibly as little as 6 hours.  I've nver been there in the winter to
>>experience it.
> 
> 
> indeed, here in Belgium (wich is still a lot more south then the
> uk-sites), in summer expect light from about 5/6am till 9/10pm, and on
> a farm you're working most of that time :), so my guess is that our
> forefathers would work those hours :)