What did the Romans ever do for us?

Ok, so the Romans actually did quite a bit for us. One interesting fact is that the term 'pace' comes from a Roman unit of measurement (5 Roman feet) which was from when one heel left the ground until the same heel struck the ground again. In other words two steps.

As such, when 'pacing' in navigation most people count every other step.

So:

A pace in in the world of letterbox? Does this comply with the norm or do the clues actually mean steps rather than paces?


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Sylvia, thank you so much for sorting out my catalogue very much appreciated.

Not that I am interested in letterboxing you understand

The average "dartmoor pace" is around 28-32" which is one STEP. Over short distances this discrepency does't make a huge amount of difference but when the distance is 900 paces then this can make a huge difference of upto a 100 yards and that can be a lot
I know when I walk the moor I cover 100m with 116.5 paces, something worth working out for when you have to work out distances on a map

Thanks Nik

No problem with Pacing (I do around 67 per 100m on tussock). I just want to clarify what the clues (in my nice new catalogue) refer to - single steps it is then

Where can I get a stamp made BTW?

Not that I am interested in letterboxing

In letterboxing 1 pace=1 step