For many years we have talked about climbing a hill or mountain to watch the sun set on the solstice. Ideally for Mr B, this would include camping overnight. Mrs B doesn’t quite fancy camping on top of a mountain so we decided on a wee compromise and climb the Cronic (as we call it) Hill instead. We have been up here many times before, it was always a favourite of Missy Bs, perhaps she will honour us with her presence 
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Sunset on Loch Lomond will be at 2210 hrs. The event will officially start at 2200 hrs and finish at 2230 hrs.
We will be departing the parking coords at 2030 hrs if you want to join us on the walk up, otherwise we will see you at the top.
Remember good boots, a head torch, warm clothes and food. Even in summer it can be cold up there.
The Summer Solstice in 2019 is on Friday June 21 at 4:54 pm in Edinburgh. In terms of daylight, this day is 10 hours, 39 minutes longer than the Winter Solstice.
This solstice is the moment in time when the Earth's tilt towards the Sun is at its maximum and the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky.
In the Northern Hemisphere the day of the summer solstice is the longest day of the year (the day with the most daylight and the shortest night) and occurs every year between June 20 and June 22. While the summer solstice occurs at the same moment in time all over the world, the date and local time differ from place to place depending on the year and a location's time zone. For locations that are ahead of UTC (further east) it may fall on the day after, and for locations that are behind UTC (further west) it may fall on the day before.
The summer solstice marks the end of spring and the beginning of summer in the hemisphere where it occurs and is one of four days (two equinoxes and two solstices) throughout the year on which a new season starts.