In what is now something of a tradition, after the events in 2016 & 2017, The Chilihouse will be waking up with a bucket of coffee in the obvious place adjacent to the given coordinates, to celebrate the start of the Astronomical Spring. If the weather is kind then we might even be sat outside...
The actual time of the 2018 Vernal Equinox in Hampshire is 16.15, but as it's a working day we (or, more accurately, at least one of us...) will be there from 07.45-08.45 to allow those en route to work or on the school run a chance to pop in and say hello, and for those with more time to stay and have a more leisurely coffee and a chat.
You can also, of course, bring along any trackables you have for swapping or discovering.
The venue is opposite a most appropriately named pub for an equinox...
We'll make sure that we have something caching related on our table to help you recognise us.
Today could be seen as important for geocachers, as the hours of daylight are longer than the hours of darkness, so for those of us who don't do night caching then this gives us the opportunity to spend longer caching and attempt longer walks.
On the equinoxes the Sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly equal – but not quite.
The March equinox marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from south to north and vice versa in September.