Ah, the Perishers!

And my magnum opus!

www.lucidity.ltd.uk/books/bear.htm

The sequel, Current's Turn (as in 'currents turn awry') is still little more than a sketch...

Could be it. We're good at that

UK ditched daylight saving in the late 60s (if memory serves) but reinstated it c1972. No idea why; I was busy with my studies (ie drunk)

Shades of Thor Heyerdahl in my youth.
Happy Birthday! xxx

For the cognoscenti, it's a Balasun from Kurseong on the river Balason in W Bengal. 3-4 minutes 95°C

Just bought a very nice second flush Darjeeling,
Reminds me, on Lucy's birthday, of our little impromptu exchange, all of 38 years ago:

Her: Tea, Darling?
Me: Darjeeling!
[a few minutes later, presenting m with a cuppa]
Her: Cha dealing!

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Sigh