League of Extraordinary Celebrations
All Hallows' Eve, (All Saints' Eve,) is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31st October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.
It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain; that such festivals may have had pagan roots; and that Samhain itself was Christianised as Halloween by the early Church. Some believe, however, that Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, separate from ancient festivals like Samhain.
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. In many parts of the world, the Christian religious observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead, remain popular, although elsewhere it is a more commercial and secular celebration. Some Christians historically abstained from meat on All Hallows' Eve, a tradition reflected in the eating of certain vegetarian foods on this vigil day, including apples, potato pancakes, and soul cakes.
Where
Just off the Zig Zag Road, Box Hill, Surrey.
When
31st October 2018 From 20:00 to 21:00
Expectations
Traditional Taunts of -
Goulish Goodies - Pumpkin Soup, Blood Soup, Apple Bobbing, Tatty Cakes, Soul Cakes
Do not forget your "Jack O Lantern" or a verse from the 1891 "Souling Song" to justify your Soul Cake
Libation for Peter Labilliere
A Log Book to record the brave attendees
A Box for Travel Bug Exchanges
The League of Extraordinary Cachers
Formed in 2015, the League of Extraordinary Cachers (LEC) are a group of enthusiastic geocachers, who want to enjoy shared geocaching adventures, meet as many geocachers as possible to chat, swap stories, trackables and encourage geocaching, whilst having lots of fun. We champion the use of digital technology to promote geocaching worldwide, which we’ve done with great success!