YOGA teachers from Stroud gathered on Selsley Common this morning to calmly welcome the sunrise at 4.50am - the start of the Northern Hemisphere's longest day of the year.

The sun is due to set in Stroud at 9.31pm, giving 16 hours and 41 minutes of daylight.

Teachers: Clare Honeyfield, Yoga Dose, Jay Foo, The Yoga Glow UK, Mark Sweeting, Sweet Silent Disco, James Hunt, Physical Element and Jayne Avery, Wellbeing and Fitness, took part.

Photographs by Simon Pizzey.