The Bramblebury Gazette

Get ready to fiddle your clocks! - Gazette Issue 10 & 11 - 1425 S.R.

That's right! It's clockfiddling time again and we start as usual at the East side of the Big Pond: You set your clocks backward one hour in the night of 26 to 27 of October. This diminishes the difference of Shire time ((UK time)) with the servertime clock by one, so the difference will be 4 hours.

But not for long, as Hobbits and other folk on the West side of the Big Pond will follow suit and set their clocks backward one hour in the night of November 2 to November 3. This includes the servertime clock, so the difference will again be 5 hours from then on.

The authorities still have not decided on whether to stop DST altogether or have permanent DST all through the year. Some deluded soul even suggested to put the clocks back half an hour to get the best of both systems!

Well, if now they cannot even decide to switch clocks on the same date worldwide, what would the situation be if some in the world are on a x+half hour difference? It would make things more difficult to plan and to announce, I can tell you that!

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SPECIAL EVENTS

DAY	DATE	MONTH	TIME	EVENT	INFO
Saturday	7	December	20:00	December OAKS with the Mondbarden	More info
Tuesday	10	December	19:30	Second Hobbit Yule drawings	More info
Sunday	22	December	19:30	Songburrow Yule tree raising	More info soon
Friday	27	December	19:30	Green Dragon Yule Party	More info later
Wednesday	1	January	19:30	Grand New Years snowball fight	More info later
Friday	3	January	19:30	Green Dragon New Year's Party	More info later
Saturday	11	January	20:00	January OAKS with Mardi Gras Party Band	More info later

RECURRING EVENTS

DAY	DATE	MONTH	TIME	EVENT	LOCATION
Wednesday	27	November	19:30	Night of the Muses	Michel Delving, Eldar Monument
Friday	29	November	19:30	Green Dragon Friday	Bywater, Green Dragon Inn
Monday	2	December	19:30	Hobbit Market	Michel Delving, Crafter's Square
Tuesday	3	December	19:30	Hobbit Market	Michel Delving, Crafter's Square
Wednesday	4	December	19:30	Night of the Muses	Michel Delving, Eldar monument
Friday	6	December	19:30	Green Dragon Friday	Bywater, Green Dragon Inn

For more events and information make sure to check the Hobbitcalendar!
All the above times are UK time. To get Servertime subtract 5.

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