May the Fourth be with you!

Groundspeak decided to celebrate 4th May with its tenth World Wide Flash Mob, an event I've never previously attended for whatever reason. But today, being a free Saturday I committed to two out of three reasonably close 15-minute events to celebrate the occasion and earn yet another souvenir for my profile. 

A flash mob event is a quick sudden gathering of people for a common purpose who before the predetermined time act naturally. At the given moment though, there is suddenly a mass gathering of apparent strangers, much to the bemusement of those not in on it - in this case muggles. For several years now Groundspeak has proposed dates when the whole geocaching community should do this type of event and that's what makes it a world wide thing. We might not all be meeting at precisely the same moment (not really fair given the time zones) but we all come together on that calendar date.

So the May the Fourth bit made the theme of a Star Wars nature although having still never watched the films, I am merely drawing upon what little I know to see me through all the references. All the films are on my bucket list but I would rather borrow than buy them just in case I don't enjoy them. 

Thanks Bernie for hosting the first this morning at 9am (not early for me! I had a nice hour's lie-in this morning!) with the blustery wind and a nice view out across the Solent. Plenty turned up - a fair number of trackables to log, new faces (as ever!) to see, as well as old ones. And a queue for the log book. Much the same later on at 1:15pm for Mellers' second WWFM event of the day, this one with a rather delicious cake theme! It was also good to spend time doing normal geocaching with FfiLli after the first event. Always makes a welcome change to cache in the company of others, although there are pros and cons to caching alone.

Next significant event... the West Midlands Mega!