We are planning to gather with other geocachers who may also be waiting impatiently to log on this date. The opportunity only arises every four years and that blank square on the grid has been annoying us since we started colouring squares green in 2012.
We hope that others who are similarly interested will take the indoor option and join us for the event . It will start at 6,30pm and officially finish at 9pm at this venue which has hosted similar gatherings in the past. While there is no obligation to purchase anything, food will be available until 9pm, and drinks will be readily available before, during and after the official event times...!
Location is easily accessible from the M50 and there is plenty of parking at GZ. Dublin bus route 16 passes right outside the door
Check out the song of the title!
10 Interesting Facts about Leap Day
The chances of being born on a leap day are approximately 1 in 1500 people
About 187,000 people in the US and 4 million people worldwide were born on a leap day
People born on Leap Day are called “leaplings.”
In the majority of US states, to be eligible for any age-specific privileges (age 16 to receive a driver’s license, age 18 to register to vote, or age 21 to purchase or consume alcohol); they must wait until March 1.
In England and Wales, the legal birthday of a “leapling” is March 1.
Occasionally, we have to skip a regularly scheduled leap year. This happens during specific century years. Century years are not leap years unless they can be evenly divided by 400. Years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years; however, years 1600 and 2000 were.
When 2/29 is entered into a majority of websites, online forms, or online surveys, it comes up as an invalid birth date.
US Presidential elections as well as the Summer Olympic Games are both held every four years and occur during a leap year.
In Greece, people believe it is bad luck to get married in a leap year.
Conversely, in Ireland, women can propose to a man during a leap year. The next February 29 will come around again in 1,460 days.