The Clocks Go Forward.....

Officially from 1am Sunday morning the clocks went forward by an hour.
The result will be more daylight in the evenings and less in the mornings - sometimes called Daylight Saving Time.

The adjustment in time means the evenings will be lighter and the mornings will be darker for a short period of time.

Daylight saving is thought to date back to 1895, when it was proposed by New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson. He valued after-hours daylight as it enabled him to collect more insects.

In 1907, Englishman William Willett campaigned to advance the clocks by 80 minutes, in four moves of 20 minutes at the beginning of the spring and summer months.

The following year, the House of Commons rejected a Bill to advance the clocks by one hour during the spring and summer months.
British Summer Time was first defined in an Act of Parliament in 1916 when the clocks were moved one hour ahead of GMT from the spring to the autumn.

In 2011, a Daylight Saving Bill received ministerial backing to bring the UK in line with Central European Time for a trial period of three years.

But in January last year, the bill, tabled by Tory MP Rebecca Harris, was torpedoed by a small group of MPs and was halted due to lack of parliamentary time.

Spare a thought for Roman Piekarski who today has to change 600 cuckoo clocks at his Cuckooland Museum in Tabley, Cheshire.

Does the time change ruin your daily routines with children?

We have found our youngest is waking earlier the last "Few" days not entirely sure if it's due to the clocks going forward or not.

I personally think it can confuse the body clock of children & ruin any routines, sounds daft to be honest just one tiny "Hour" can change such a lot.

Please let me know your thoughts on this in the comments below.