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The summer solstice marked the placing of the
last sundial to mark completion of the Horniman's Sun Dial Trail. 1pm (noon
GMT) placed the sun at the highest point of the year and with a clear sky the
temperature soared into the high eighties.
The ideal time and the Horniman Gardens was the ideal
place. Created in partnership with the British Sundial Society Forest Hill now
has a trail covering 10 very different solar time instruments.
To follow the trail - first pick a sunny day - and then
pick up a trail leaflet in the main Horniman Museum. The first sundial is on
the conservatory and you wind your way around the gardens and up on to the
mount with its grand view of Kent.
Forget your digital watch and follow time as measured
for thousands of years. Only in the last two hundred years have mechanical
clocks been accurate enough to takeover and only in the last twenty years has
electronics displaced cogs & springs.
Now the science of gnomics - or 'dialling' has
experienced a resurgence and looks like capturing the affection and imagination
of generations of the future.
Come enjoy our virtual walk through these beautiful
timepieces. Click on the images below ... 
Some of the good people from the Horniman & British
Sundial Society who made it all possible
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