The Winter Solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year. Also the first day of winter, it’s the traditional time to plant garlic and I’ve kept some of mine back to do just that. I’ve also decided to harvest my Christmas potatoes a few days early and to head to the allotment to pick some veg to make a meal out it. Purple brussels sprouts and kale will do!

Then at the end of our time in the allotment, I’ll take you to a very special place here on the Isle of Man. Cashtal yn Ard is a 4000-year-old stone tomb in Maughold.

Places like this have been aligned with the rising or setting sun on the winter solstice making this day a special time to visit Neolithic sites. We can’t be sure what their builders were thinking but the predominant theory seems to be of the symbolism of rebirth and new beginnings.

In any case, we should all be celebrating the slow return of daylight — it means spring is on her way.

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