Fulchet
2007-02-19 22:51:39
It was half term or Easter holidays or something back in 1996 and the boys were with their child minder. They came home one evening and said they'd been letterboxing that day and told me what they'd been up to.
I went to the Outdoor Centre (now Blacks) in Plymouth and asked the lady behind the counter what she might know about letterboxing. She pointed me in the direction of Tony Moore and to some books written by Anne Swinscow. My husband spoke to some work colleagues who said "yes" they'd heard about letterboxing and some went regularly. They recommended some places to start looking. In those days the old Princetown Railway area was very popular.
We stocked up with pads and rubber stamps and went out one day determined to find a box. It tipped it down with rain, I advised the boys to watch their footing and promptly went "shlurp" right up to my knees, found a box plugged into the side of a bank, shouted "yippee" and we all went home.
We went out quite a bit over the next couple of years, and then stopped because I spent the following five years on day release getting a Degree and studying evenings and weekends, with no time to spare for much else. I then went out a couple of times in 2005, until I became ill.
Started again in January this year and plan to go out regularly whilst able. Really enjoying it after a break of some years and now heading for my 1000 badge - only another 440 to go ... lol. Also planning to find Cranmere Pool this year.
Tina