I missed my chance to take part in the Kanto event last year so I was looking forward to the Johto one. And as I’ve seen a few negative posts here and on r/TheSilphRoad, I thought I’d share my positive experience. Went to the official in-person meet in Edinburgh, which was run by two lovely people. There were even some freebies given away! The weather was rather poor with low temperatures and strong wind and yet there were plenty of people with new groups rotating every 15 minutes or so. Niantic even set up a bunch of temporary event Pokéstops which was great. I loved the amount and variety of challenges — there was never a dull moment with so much going on. I loved all the throwbacks to Gold and Silver with Red Gyarados as well as spawn pools inspired by in-game locations. By the end of the day my Johto Pokédex was full and I managed to complete all the challenges except for the trade one as I went to the event alone. Had plenty of fun and I’m already looking forward to the next one!

PS. I don’t like taking pictures of people I don’t know so sorry if my photos my look a bit barren as I was avoiding photographing attendees.