http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2008/06/21/solstice/ Thanks for dropping by. What is now my hillwalking blog started out as a place to put hillwalking trip reports and photo gallery update news. It has since blossomed from those beginnings to take on a life of its own, with the aforementioned being complemented by related topics such as plans for future outings, walking books, outdoors gear, weather, travel and the wonder of nature. Enjoy. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:02:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2008/06/21/solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Pondering midsummer torpor » Collected Musings of a Hill Wanderer Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:40:34 +0000 http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/?p=403#comment-824 [...] sails after the longest day of the year and you get to wondering if the year has past its best like I did on here about this time last year. This time around, I am less bothered by the matter and am seemingly more open to the [...] [...] sails after the longest day of the year and you get to wondering if the year has past its best like I did on here about this time last year. This time around, I am less bothered by the matter and am seemingly more open to the [...]

]]> http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2008/06/21/solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-716 John Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:41:42 +0000 http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/?p=403#comment-716 Mike Baker's <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7600526.stm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">recent article for the BBC</a> explains the reason for the odd timing of the summer school holidays very clearly: the need for labour for the harvest season. Of course, that's now obsolete with a less agrarian society and, even then, modern agricultural technology has removed that need for labour anyway. In other words, what made sense one time makes hardly any several centuries later. Mike Baker’s recent article for the BBC explains the reason for the odd timing of the summer school holidays very clearly: the need for labour for the harvest season. Of course, that’s now obsolete with a less agrarian society and, even then, modern agricultural technology has removed that need for labour anyway. In other words, what made sense one time makes hardly any several centuries later.

]]> http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2008/06/21/solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-704 One for sorrow, two for joy… « Beating The Bounds Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:17:33 +0000 http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/?p=403#comment-704 [...] it’s also due to a post-spring lethargy. Hill Wanderer sums up my feelings about summer in this post, but some of the highlights include paths over grown with nettles, midges, ticks, wasps, horse [...] [...] it’s also due to a post-spring lethargy. Hill Wanderer sums up my feelings about summer in this post, but some of the highlights include paths over grown with nettles, midges, ticks, wasps, horse [...]

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