A gentle reminder that a 2am tomorrow morning, Sunday 29^th October, the clocks will go back an hour, giving us an extra hour in bed; the sun will begin to set earlier and days will become shorter.

Introduced in 1916, to give farmers an extra hour of sunlight, the Daylight Saving Time initiative was formalised as British Summer Time with the Summer Time Act 1916.

For those who prefer the summertime, a date for your diary is Sunday 31^st March, when the clocks will move forwards again.