“Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!” The White Rabbit in the centre of Oxford’s covered market.
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More little things in life
More little things in life
“Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!” The White Rabbit in the centre of Oxford’s covered market.
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Oh, what fun!
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Thanks, Mallika – and posted on Midsummer’s day to commemorate the “golden afternoon” in Oxford that gave rise to Alice in Wonderland. 🙂
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Oh, I’d almost forgotten it’s the 21st already!
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Midsummer varies by a day or so from place to place, doesn’t it – here in the UK it’s officially the 20th this year, but I’ve known it to be the 22nd as well as the 21st in other years. In Europe’s Middle Ages it was celebrated on the 24th June with the 23rd, St John’s Eve, involving bonfires and other celebrations.
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I didn’t realise that, I thought it was always the 21st – what an education!
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I think I’m right in saying that the summer solstice – marking the longest day of the year – usually varies between the 21st and 22nd June; but 2024 is a leap year, with that extra day in February shifting the day of the solstice one day earlier.
I’ve just checked and this is confirmed by the BBC website which says:
“The solstice always occurs between 20 and 22 June, and during a leap year (such as 2024) it always falls on 20 June. The exact date shifts slightly each year because the calendar year doesn’t match exactly the time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun.”
Midsummer’s Day as a cultural thing is a different thing altogether!
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makes perfect sense, I had forgotten about the leap year!
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