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I can’t wait to see who shits themself first in the Clarence House entries, Henderson or Mullins. Its the little things that keep you going.
BUY THE SUN
Oh yes TTC. Waiting to see who chickens out is much more deliciously interesting than the race itself. Partly hinges on whether Mullins can tune up some grade 2-3 horse (Cilaos Emery? Cash Back?) to win a not very competitive race at the DRF.
Nicky likes the Game Spirit so I think he’ll go for that. It would be mucho hilarious if everybody else entered too just for the lolz.
Someone in my neighbourhood has still got their Christmas tree up. It does look quite bright and cheerful. Maybe they are leaving it up until Candlemas?
Our Christmas tree was bought in the pot and is now standing in the front garden. We’ll be moving it back inside in December.
Candlemas aka Imbolc and Groundhog Day. The Cross-quarter Day halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox
Midwinter Day in my secular calendar. The blue cold of February Fill Dyke ahead but at least day length is increasing rapidly: a very good reason to be cheerful
I notice the last race today (ignoring floodlit racing) was at 4.05pm.
I like seeing the time of the last race get gradually later in the afternoon. I always feel we have made it through the worst of the dark nights when the last race is at 5pm.
Nice to see the Cross Quarter Day mentioned. The others besides Candlemas are May Day (1st May), Lammas (1st August) and All Hallows (1st November).
The full Quarter Days are Lady Day, or the Feast of the Annunciation (25th March), Midsummer (24th June), Michaelmas (29th September) and Christmas Day.
All of these dates would have been familiar to our ancestors as the dates on which rents were due.
The year used to start on Lady Day. It changed to 1st January with the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in Britain in 1752. This also necessitated “missing” out 11 days (another day had to be “missed” later) to get us back in sync with time. It explains why the tax year still starts on 6th April, 12 days on from Lady Day.
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