The connection to the information and the excuse for the placement is time.
This is the third cache in this area. We placed the second one, which was archived some time ago when it went missing for the second time. This one should be an easier find.
This is the area where the Wakefield time gun was placed. In 1858 the Nelson Provincial Council erected a time gun at the spot on Brittania Heights where in 1841, Captain Wakefield erected his flagpole. The gun was fired each Saturday at noon to give the correct time. The gun is now preserved as a historical relic and the Songer Tree marks the site on Signal Hill of the original flagpole. There is an informative notice board near the tree. The cache is a bit further away.
As for Leap Day Traditions... .
According to an old Irish legend, St Brigid struck a deal with St Patrick to allow women to propose to men every four years, on Leap Day. This is believed to have been introduced to balance the traditional roles of men and women in a similar way to how leap day balances the calendar.
In some places, leap day has been known as “Bachelors’ Day” for the same reason. A man was expected to pay a penalty, such as a gown or money, if he refused a marriage proposal from a woman on Leap Day..
In many European countries, especially in the upper classes of society, tradition dictates that any man who refuses a woman's proposal on February 29 has to buy her 12 pairs of gloves. The intention is that the woman can wear the gloves to hide her lack of engagement or wedding rings. During the middle ages there were laws governing this tradition.
In Finland, the tradition is that if a man refuses a woman's proposal on leap day, he should buy her the fabrics for a skirt.
In Scotland, it used to be considered unlucky for someone to be born on leap day..
Greeks consider it unlucky for couples to marry during a leap year, and especially on Leap Day.
Leap day is also St Oswald’s Day, named after the archbishop of York who died on February 29, 992. His memorial is celebrated on February 29 during leap years and on February 28 during common years. There are Leap Day World Record Holders, both of a family producing three consecutive generations born on February 29 and of the number of children born on February 29 in the same family.