Dark is awful, isn't it. Even here, about 450 miles south of where you are, it's dark now at 4.00 pm. Mind you, from about now I start watching the sunrise/sunset times on the BBC Weather pages for my little town (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1559) so that I can see them start to creep apart again from later this month. :)