Tag: Big Ben

It’s that time of year again, when we have to fiddle with our watches. We’ll be saying goodbye to British Summer Time (BST) and putting our clocks back to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

What are you going to do with your extra hour? If you are near central London you should go and have a look at Big Ben. Yes, we know, Big Ben is just the name of the bell within the Elizabeth Tower, but did you know that when the clocks change, the big clock is stopped for a few hours? The dial lights are turned off so as not to confuse people and the Palace of Westminster Clockmakers take advantage of this time to perform some vital maintenance to the mechanism. Continue reading Fall Back