Riding the Blue September ocean wave

It's Blue Friday, halfway through Blue September. So how is this new national campaign to encourage men to face up to cancer going?

'We've been amazed by the the response,' said MHF CEO Peter Baker. 'From small local events to big national ones, so many people are painting their faces blue in support of the campaign that it's like an episode of the Smurfs.'

In the navy, the staff at HMS Temeraire have been painting their faces blue, Navy News reports, 'but sailors on deployment can’t do likewise (rather goes against Queen’s Regulations), so the next best thing is to wear something blue (although from the evidence of this photo, right, some did struggle with that rather simple concept).'

Strange blue sightings have also been recently reported at Crystal Palace FC, Oldham Athletic FC,Huddersfield Giants rugby league team and Bayer.

Here are links to some of the other things that have been going on:

• Sailors on HMS Somerset back Blue September in the middle of the Red Sea
• Greater Manchester footie goes blue: Bury FC, FC United of Manchester, Oldham Athletic FC, Rochdale AFC, Salford City FC and Stockport County pic.
• Dr Karl Kennedy of Neighbours
• Portsmouth's Spinnaker goes blue
• Wakefield Wildcats Blue September player of the season
• Liverpool FC bike ride: 32 Participants, 12 Punctures, 1 Broken chain
• Warrington Wolves
• Comedian John Bishop
• Third Sector digital campaign of the Week

On the MHF websites

• Blue September launches
• Main MHF Blue September page
• Main malehealth Blue September page including Stephen Gerrard - blue for a day - and all the other footballers backing Blue September from Spurs, Fulham, Portsmouth etc.