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This year the longest day is June 21st with sunrise at 04:43 and sunset at 21:21 you will have 16 hours 38 minutes and 20 seconds to complete a truly epic journey!
http://www.endomondo.com/challenges/9017758
The challenge is open to the UK only and is currently listed for ocycling sport.
Surely the length of the day depends on where you live??
Looking forward to the sun, in any case!!
Rachel
21 Jun 2013 04:12 22:08 17h 55m 35s + 01s 13:10 56.3° 152.020
Almost 18 hrs daylight in aberdeen
Almost 18 hrs daylight in aberdeen
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That's classed as a fine day, as there is blue sky to be seen.
there is blue sky to be seen.
blue sky you say - that means it'll be raining soon 🙂
Not mega miles ... but about 5 years ago a few mates decided to do Snowdon after work on the longest day, it was overcast and damp, in fact once we got to the top we could only see about 20 feet as it was in cloud. I pulled out the hip flask, we had a swig and then donned rain jackets and getting cold headed back down. Not the planned sunset moment. One of us drew first blood on the descent but we limped back to the cars and chalked it up to experience.
ahhh the best laid plans and all that.
That's classed as a fine day, as there is blue sky to be seen.
😀
The longest day is pretty much always the 21st June.. I know this because it's my birthday..
In days of yore probably the most important and rambunctious festival of debauchery and bacchanalia on the calender..
Folk born on this day were revered for their wisdom and majesty, and rightly so.. 8)
I'll probably be stuck at home trying to stop the kids from murdering one another..
On our Midsummer Night ride last year we had fog/mist, hail, rain and wind - still light though 😳
The longest day is pretty much always the 21st June.. I know this because it's my birthday
The 21st December is always the shortest day - thats cos its my birthday 🙁
As a lad the 19hrs of day in the summer was ace (sun coming up at 4am), but conversely the 6hrs in the winter was rather glum (Shetland btw).
fasthaggis, is that the villiage of Stoneybridge, where they have a stoney bridge? 😆
I want to do the south downs way in one go that day....
I have changed it to include all cycling and to run for the whole of the 21st 🙂
why does daylight matter?
Our usual midsummer ride involves seting off from Garrigill at 5pm, over High Cup Nick and Cross Fell and returning in darkness at 2am 🙂
And here I was looking forward to some reminiscing about a classic movie.
Daylight doesn't matter, just added for a bit of verve 🙂
i'll be attempting to run the south downs way again, 3rd time lucky...
Sweet, this is the day I travel to Scotland for a weekend of riding (and lots of drinking) with mates.