scottyplym
2013-05-20 12:24:42
Yesterday, my friend Lauren and I decided to take full advantage of a relativly dry day and were parked up opposite Two Bridges ready to go at 8.40am! We had hoped to add Longaford Tor to the list, but time eluded us.
First Crocken tor, a tor I had never really paid much attention to, always thought as it was so close to the road, there would be nothing there, I was wrong! Strongly advise putting an hour aside for Crocken Tor, as there are a few very nice letterboxes there.
Down next towards the river, following it along to Wistman's wood. Picked up a couple really good stamps here, including the first of five of a charity walk we stumbled upon. The walk is called the scented garden and information on how to get the walk is available in the Charity forum, definatly worth getting, stamps are of a good quality. As we approached the wood, we stopped to soak in the National Trust information on its history and origins.
We then walked up to what I thought was part of Littaford tor, but letterboxes referred to it as "Bee Tor", even though there is nothing on the map! Bee tor and its surrounding area had some great boxes.
Littaford Tor next and its slopes and we came across some fantastic WOM stamps. The pitchers tors of Dartmoor stamp was a great hand carving and we also stumbled across one of a set entitled "monarchs of England" There were stamps that pictated the Powder Mills, Stannary Parliament and of course of Wistman's wood.
There were so many walkers up and around this area, many visiting the haunted woods, many just hiking to the top of Littaford or Longaford tor. We were even approached by 2 elderly Germans, who were wondering what we were looking for!
This area of Dartmoor is beautiful and has much history around and is more then just letterboxing. We spent 6.5 hours here and left with 25 boxes. It is a fantastic place to letterbox for the day and suits familys, novices and those that just want a challenging walk.
Scott
First Crocken tor, a tor I had never really paid much attention to, always thought as it was so close to the road, there would be nothing there, I was wrong! Strongly advise putting an hour aside for Crocken Tor, as there are a few very nice letterboxes there.
Down next towards the river, following it along to Wistman's wood. Picked up a couple really good stamps here, including the first of five of a charity walk we stumbled upon. The walk is called the scented garden and information on how to get the walk is available in the Charity forum, definatly worth getting, stamps are of a good quality. As we approached the wood, we stopped to soak in the National Trust information on its history and origins.
We then walked up to what I thought was part of Littaford tor, but letterboxes referred to it as "Bee Tor", even though there is nothing on the map! Bee tor and its surrounding area had some great boxes.
Littaford Tor next and its slopes and we came across some fantastic WOM stamps. The pitchers tors of Dartmoor stamp was a great hand carving and we also stumbled across one of a set entitled "monarchs of England" There were stamps that pictated the Powder Mills, Stannary Parliament and of course of Wistman's wood.
There were so many walkers up and around this area, many visiting the haunted woods, many just hiking to the top of Littaford or Longaford tor. We were even approached by 2 elderly Germans, who were wondering what we were looking for!
This area of Dartmoor is beautiful and has much history around and is more then just letterboxing. We spent 6.5 hours here and left with 25 boxes. It is a fantastic place to letterbox for the day and suits familys, novices and those that just want a challenging walk.
Scott