How to use the online alarm clock
Waking at 1:45 pm leaves little room for a slow start when you need to meet an excursion boat by a canal lock. The alarm marks the moment to get up, check the meeting point and gather what you need before 2:00 pm. Keeping shoes, keys and your booking details together can make those first few drowsy minutes easier.
The canal-side meeting shapes which alarm sound will be useful. A gentle tone may suit a quiet room if the phone is beside you, while a more persistent sound makes sense when it is across the room or background noise could mask it. Keep this browser alarm running and the phone awake; otherwise it cannot alert you, and the excursion boat may reach the canal lock without you.
Getting from home to the canal around midday may take longer than the distance suggests, particularly where town-centre traffic, bridge openings or limited parking affect the route. Allow for the walk from a bus stop or car park as well as the journey itself. Checking the route before lying down also avoids spending the 1:45 pm wake-up window comparing directions when you should be heading out.
Common questions
Can I use this on a phone?
It works in a mobile browser, but phones lock the screen and suspend background tabs far more readily than a laptop does, which can stop the alarm sounding. For anything important, a desktop or a plugged-in laptop is the steadier option.
Does the alarm still work if I close the tab?
No. Everything runs inside this page, so closing the tab — or quitting the browser altogether — ends the countdown there and then. Leaving it open in the background is all it asks, and switching to another tab makes no difference.
What happens if my laptop goes to sleep before 1:45 pm?
The tab sleeps along with it and the alarm will not sound on time, if at all. If you are relying on it, change the power settings so the machine stays awake, or keep a phone alarm running as well.
Do I need an account or an app?
Neither. Choose a time and a sound, press Start, and it runs in this browser tab. Nothing is downloaded, nothing is registered, and closing the page leaves nothing behind on the device.
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