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Let’s Do Lunch Event Cache

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Dorsetgal & GeoDog: As everyone has now logged from our happy group of twelve cachers, I’ll put this one to bed.

Thank you everyone who came and earned your Blue Switch Day souvenirs. 😀

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Hidden : Thursday, May 2, 2024
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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02 May 2024, 11:30 - 13:30

👉🏻 🛰️🛰️🛰️ BLUE SWITCH DAY! 🛰️🛰️🛰️👈🏻

On the 24th anniversary of the switching off the Selective Availability of the satellites 🛰️  let's celebrate by having lunch together.

At 

The Slipway Cafe Bar,

RNLI College,

West Quay Road,

Poole,

BH15 1HZ

 

11.30am ~~ 1.30pm

(Or until the last person leaves)!

 

Before May 2000, Selective Availability restricted accurate GPS technology to military use. However, on Blue Switch Day, the U.S. government made a landmark decision which opened up accurate GPS technology for public use. Geocachers commemorate this day as a milestone, marking it with pride and celebration. The very first geocache was placed the very next day on 3 May 2000.

Geocaching HQ are awarding a special Blue Switch souvenir to anyone who logs a geocache, Adventure Lab® event between 2-5 May, so if this is your first log of the day, you'll earn yourself a nice new souvenir 😀

As this is a day of celebration, I am planning on publishing my latest set of Adventure Labs® in the morning, so allow yourself about 3/4 of an hour either before or after the event if you wish to complete the set of 5 nearby.

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