[Gayle]

I look forward to this day every year. I know it's daft but it feels like we're walking into a tunnel up unto this point and we're now allowed to start walking out of it. I'm sure a psychologist would have a field day with my analogy but I can't tell you how much I dislike dark mornings and dark evenings.

It's not that I'm a sun lover or that I can't stand the cold or the rain - I don't mind either even in summer - it's just the having to get out of bed in the dark. It doesn't help that I work in a dungeon and so when I come out at night it's already dark and it doesn't feel like I've had a day.

Thank goodness for the 21st December!