The days are getting longer, if only by a minute or so. The time-lapse video above was taken on December 20th, just before the winter solstice. Though it was cloudy the following day (and right up to Xmas), the last few days have been clear here in Galway, which means we should see every minute of the seven and a half hours of daylight available to us today. If you watch the video closely, you might see the ‘model’ posing for this image last week – as usual, there were also plenty of swimmers braving the chilly waters.