Post by Nick on Mar 26, 2013 16:06:16 GMT
I realise this is a long way for any of you to travel, but am advertising it here anyway. All new caches placed for the event will be terracaches, although obviously this can not be made explicit on the GC event page. There will also be a terracache event held concurrent with the GC event. The TCs aim to show elements no longer available on GS: a cache that has additional logging requirements (still allowed on GS, but can no longer be made compulsory - which somewhat defeats the purpose and fun of an ALR); a virtual, a locationless, etc.
Gallant Soldiers and Poppies
An EA Geomobbers' event to celebrate geocaching in all its many shapes and forms, held at the Pike and Eel in Overcote Lane, near Needingworth, St Ives, in Cambridgeshire.
Why Gallant Soldiers and Poppies?
Gallant Soliders and Poppies are technically both weeds (to be precise, annual broad-leaved weeds), but that the term wildflower is often given to some weeds just because they have been deemed more attractive. Thus the analogy can be passed onto caching. For many people some caches and alternative cache listing sites are mere weeds on the landscape, while others see them as wildflowers. The EA Geomobbers invite you to come and discuss the weeds and wildflowers in your backyard, and will ensure there are new weeds/wildflowers planted for the event.
Furthermore, the two weeds chosen are both war-related, giving a theme to the event, and making the weekend of the 27th and 28th of April appropriate (at least for me, nick_h_nz) because 25 April is ANZAC Day, the New Zealand Poppy day.
For the TC event, the annual nature of the Gallant Soldiers and Poppies comes into play. Just as those weeds/wildflowers seed then die, so will the TC event seed new caches, then be archived. In order to log the TC event, either a cache must be placed for the event, or afterward. Once all cachers who wish to log the event have seeded their caches, the event will be die.
Gallant Soldiers and Poppies
An EA Geomobbers' event to celebrate geocaching in all its many shapes and forms, held at the Pike and Eel in Overcote Lane, near Needingworth, St Ives, in Cambridgeshire.
Why Gallant Soldiers and Poppies?
Gallant Soliders and Poppies are technically both weeds (to be precise, annual broad-leaved weeds), but that the term wildflower is often given to some weeds just because they have been deemed more attractive. Thus the analogy can be passed onto caching. For many people some caches and alternative cache listing sites are mere weeds on the landscape, while others see them as wildflowers. The EA Geomobbers invite you to come and discuss the weeds and wildflowers in your backyard, and will ensure there are new weeds/wildflowers planted for the event.
Furthermore, the two weeds chosen are both war-related, giving a theme to the event, and making the weekend of the 27th and 28th of April appropriate (at least for me, nick_h_nz) because 25 April is ANZAC Day, the New Zealand Poppy day.
For the TC event, the annual nature of the Gallant Soldiers and Poppies comes into play. Just as those weeds/wildflowers seed then die, so will the TC event seed new caches, then be archived. In order to log the TC event, either a cache must be placed for the event, or afterward. Once all cachers who wish to log the event have seeded their caches, the event will be die.