TY - JOUR T1 - The perils of the light JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 144 LP - 144 DO - 10.3399/bjgp09X407045 VL - 59 IS - 559 AU - Emyr Gravell Y1 - 2009/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/59/559/144.abstract N2 - I hate mornings. The delights of the rosy-fingered dawn are not for me unless I'm seeing it through a vague noisy haze, wondering if it is excessive to open another bottle of wine. Occasionally though, life and nature can produce a surprise. In deep December, on an overnight COOP shift, we set out in the dark on a late call to a quarry village on the edge of our area. Neither the driver or I knew it well. We became frustrated driving aimlessly around various unpromising-looking streets, lit in a drab orange glow by street lamps working late on a winter's morning, just like us.Suddenly, as we turned another corner the light changed dramatically. Out of range of the lamps the real world was already awake and bathed in a beautiful early … ER -