Sunrises

Golden colours in Hampstead

Winter solstice is over here, and whilst the days are not yet growing noticeably longer (or warmer) I have to say there is a bonus for the incredibly late mornings. Today's sunrise occurred at 8:06am (the latest morning of the year) and it was a beauty!  I've been running in recently, and on occasion London pulls out an impressive sunrise, which you actually get to enjoy because it isn't 5am and you aren't dying of sleep exhaustion.

Sunrise over the city in the distance

In fact I would go so far as to say that the mornings are really the best time of the day here.  Today I ran into work, a nice 9km downhill run, the route back home is not nearly so pleasant :). The photos here give some idea as to the sunrise that was awaiting me as I stepped out of the front door.

I would suggest that if you are visiting really try and get out in the mornings, most of the time I would seriously say that it is the warmest part of the day, there's no wind and the clouds have rained themselves out overnight.  For example I got this sunrise in the morning, whilst on the way home from work it was blowing a gale and my coat was drenched.  I find that midday is the turning point here, the clouds come over and the wind picks up.  So museum it up in the morning and then find a nice warm pub for the afternoon.