Episode 169 What is Daylight Savings Time? Why Do We Change The Clocks?

On the 29th of October everyone in the UK will be changing their clocks. We'll move them one hour back. This is very frustrating for many of us who struggle to adjust to the new time and often forget to change the clocks. This week on the podcast I'll be looking at why we do this, where the idea came from and how much daylight hours really impact our daily lives. As someone who's lived in countries with daylight savings and countries without I'll go into a little detail about how different it is and my own experiences. Vocabulary Inconvenient Occurrence - something that is very annoying and doesn't fit easily with our schedule or lifestyle. Hemisphere - one half of a sphere, used to describe the two halves of the planet. Spring forward - Phrasal verb to remind us to move the clocks forward in summer. Spring, as well as being a season is also a kind of bounce or jump. Fall back - Phrasal verb to remind us to move our clocks back in winter. Polymath - Someone who is excellent in a wide variety of fields. Implemented - to put into action Tropics - the area between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn on the globe. Grasp - when you grip your hand together, also when you understand something Vastly - in a big way Put the washing out - In the UK it's common for people to have gardens, consequently it has also become common for people to hang their laundry out to dry on a washing line in the garden. Scandinavian - Northern countries. This term includes Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. On top of that - phrase often used when we are collecting reasons for something, it usually goes in second or third place in a list of things. Want rid of - want to stop doing or using something, want something to go to waste Opposed - don't want to do something, disagree Adopted it - to start doing something Dropped it - to stop doing something Inevitably - eventually with the expectation that it was unavoidable no matter what A bone of contention - idiom - used to mean something that causes disagreement