Summer Time

This morning on ITV's Daybreak we had Dr Guy Meadows, a sleep expert from the Sleep School, advising on how we can deal with the problems caused by the clocks changing this coming week-end. He advised that we should go to bed half an hour earlier tonight and get up half an hour earlier on Saturday morning. On Saturday night we should go to bed a whole hour earlier and then when the change actually happens during the night, we will be well prepared. People had been contacting the show with their stories of the terrible problems they and their children have experienced when we change to British Summer Time.

What next? Stress counselling for people badly traumatised by the disruption to their lives caused by the hour time change? It occurs to me that, by following Dr Guy's advice, there could be even more trauma, caused by having to go to bed halfway through ITV's Benidorm on Friday night.

Personally, my biggest problem is going round the house changing every watch and clock (not forgetting the cars) ensuring that they are all accurate to the second. This year we will be away on holiday in Burnham, so I will not be home to do the time changes. I will do it on my return from holiday then.



There was a knock on the door at 08:00 this morning. It was the Parcel Force lady with my new 25 kg bag of Caputo Pizzeria flour. I ordered it last Sunday from Nifeislife, the Italian online deli. They provide a very good service. You can choose your preference for delivery day. They also email you weekly with details of various offers. I always wait for the half price delivery offer.  

There is enough flour in the bag to make 125 pizzas. Pizza parties soon then.