JennyC writes

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from "Dwayne" contains these words:

Can you find a place to keep then that they will recieve 6 hours of
sunlight a day?

Unlikely , this is the UK and a particularly wintry March.

Agreed, but the sun comes up about 7:30 and does not set till at least 18:00 so
6 hours does not seem unreasonable :~)

Perhaps not, but that was before someone decided to draw the curtains by
putting a layer of cloud between us and the sun.

From the Met Office site:
"The sunniest parts of the United Kingdom are along the south coast of
England. This is largely because the formation of convective (cumulus)
cloud takes place over land and skies over the sea remain cloud-free.
Many places along this south coast achieve annual average figures of
around 1,750 hours of sunshine. The dullest parts of England are the
mountainous areas, with annual average totals of less than 1,000 hours.
"

In other words, the very sunniest parts of the UK achieve an average of
4.8 hours of sunshine a day over the whole year - chances of getting 6
hours a day in the winter would appear to be slim.


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Kay