i'm a newbie!

i've only just found out about letterboxing and it sounds amazing!!
however, how do i get started? i cant seem to find any information about exactly where they are located, etc...
any ideas? is there some reliable source?
thanks, daisy

Hi Daisy,
Welcome to the forum, for some great information on letterboxing take a good look at Dizzy's web site just click below
http://www.letterboxstamper.co.uk/

Be warned this hobby is totally addictive and you are sure to be hooked.
The members on the forum are very friendly and helpful so any questions just ask.

The Jones family

Welcome to the site.

You should get plenty of ideas on here.

Good luck with your first 100. Once you've got those, you can join the official letterboxing club.

what ever you do dont go to sheepstor if your starting off as we got told as it will drive you batty, good place to start i would say is pew tor as there are many up there

Hi there! A BIG welcome from me to! There are many places to go letterboxing and be able to get loads of stamps in one day! Go through some of the older posts and you will get some ideas on where to go.

Dizzy

Welcome DiddleDaisy. Have fun finding your first boxes - do look through some of the old postings on here and you will find good advice as to the best places to start looking for boxes.

Hello Diddledaisy welcome to the site, good luck with your first 100

If you have a Dartmoor map have ago at the quiz on the subject Round one starter for ten

Hi Diddledaisy - welcome to the site from me also...
As Dizzy said there is loads of info on this site about where to find boxes

Welcome to our gang DD

Hi Diddledaisy - welcome to the site and good luck on youe first 100

Hi Diddle daisy welcome to the site from me also hope yoyu have loads of fun letterboxing as i do when i get the chance to go

diddledaisy wrote:i've only just found out about letterboxing and it sounds amazing!!
however, how do i get started? i cant seem to find any information about exactly where they are located, etc...
any ideas? is there some reliable source?
thanks, daisy

DD, as pointed out, there are certain areas where letterboxes are in abundance, meaning that you have a better chance of having a successful day out if you look in those places. One tip that I can offer is keep looking, as you walk, for any rocks that look out of place. A pile here, or a odd one stuffed in there often means that something is tucked away behind.

No kidding, we took a friend along with us once, and while we were busy map reading and negotiating our way to a specific spot, he was busy leaping around spotting out-of-place rocks and the resultant boxes. In the space of two days, he must have located more than a dozen boxes in this manner; boxes we never would have found had we not had his keen eyes along for the ride.

Cheers.

It is one of those things - you get to recognise the likely sites - though most are empty these days - but you get to recognise the style of types of boxers.
Some plug their boxes (which is technically not legal in the art of boxing others bury their boxes under piles of rocks as for myself I try to make use of natural holes and not disturb the surroundings to make it perhaps a little harder to find.

I think it was the Highway to Hell stamp that was hidden behind a 2' wall of stones covering a hole on Peek Hill that was the most obvious stamp I found many many years ago, Whiteworks was under a white rock on a mound - which could be seen from 200 yards away!

You learn how the moor works and how to recognise the hazards
Hazards like boggy areas which I find are bright green and usually surrounded reeds and the like and then if you dig hard enough (with your eyes) the history that oozes out of the moors from the Corbels (which were made for London Bridge) to tinners workings amongst other things

Hi diddledaisy, what they said, and it's nice to meet you.