Learner Dad: 'I told my wife that I’d like cycling gear for Christmas. It didn’t go well'

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THANKS a lot, Covid-19 and Brexit. The European Parliament was all set to scrap the hour going back next October, but it’s on the back burner for now because of the virus and Britain's yearning for ‘freedom’. (There is a chance we could end up with two different time zones on the island of Ireland, which is another way of saying ‘everyone out of the pub and across the border for more pints, the Nordies have an extra hour before closing time, so they do'.) 

If you’re wondering why this is bad news, let me take you back to last Sunday week. It’s 6am. Except it’s really 7am in our six-year-old’s stomach, and he needs fuel. So he roars, ‘Is it morning time yet?’ It is now, and we’re all awake. Himself and his sister pile into bed on top of us. It’s going to be a long day, and it will be dark at 5pm. Winter isn’t coming – it’s here.