advance planning and wondered if anyone could help

Hiya I used to go Letterboxing on family holidays when I was little and I went last year just fro the day but I only managed to find about 10 boxes. Would someone please give me ideas of an easy walk with letterboxes that are fairly simple clues to solve. Ideally in south dartmoor and accesible for somebody who isnt very fit


Thanks for your help

Flora

The Happy Landings walk is an easy one near Widecombe. 20 (2 missing) stamps and about 8 others in a small area.

Let's Go For A Walk With Happy Landings - around Wind tor. £3.00 cheque to "Happy Landings" and SAE to P & J Gwilliam, 1 Suffolk CLose, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA6 5PN.

Cheers for that do you know how long the walk will take roughly at an average speed?

There are always plenty of stamps around Pew Tor and Sampford Tor - you can park on the road just below. However, it is a bit of a trek up the hill if you're not too fit, but when up there, you'll trip over boxes.

Good luck. When are you hoping to visit? There will be some more charity walks out after the Spring meet, which it will be possible to walk from about July, once the birds and lambs, etc., have finished nesting, etc.

Tina

hmm i think it will be a weekend at easter and then hopefully a week in july depending on if my bf can get the week off work. I can't wait as I have many memories from family holidays

Tries again... if I dont crash again that is...

As a rule of thumb when hiking across the moors you can reasonably work out your speed if you assume you can walk 1 kilometer an hour (15 mins per kilometer) plus 2 minutes added time per kilometer for every contour you climb up so if you your walk for example is 2 kilometers then it is 30 minutes walking time and if you are going to go up 50 meters then another 10 minutes is going to be added to your time making a total of 40 minutes for the two kilometers.

However you can also add another 2 minutes per person per stamp you come across. And then there is the "hunting time" which if you are determined can be as much as thirty minutes per box.

They do say allow ten minutes resting time per hour, but when boxing you will be doing that at every box anyway, so that can be discarded for now

I for one have been out all day on a couple of occasions and only found one box, and other occasions been out for a morning and found 50+ so it comes in swwings and roundabouts.

What you will need to do is to work out where you are and what direction you will need to go in to get off the moor if you have to in a hurry (injury/weather/or for some unforeseen circumstance).

Also let someone at home know what area you are planning on going to on the moor aand roughly what time you are getting back - and when you do get back let them know you are back... all too often the Rescue groups have been called out because the trekker hasn't told the "safety number" that they have returned.
IT doesn't matter where you are going - be it Pew Tor or Cut Hill let some one know
Respect the moor - it can be a dangerous place if it isn't respected.

Another tip I can give you is to look after your feet - take spare socks with you, in case they get wet... if your feet get sore tend to them - and a good tip I was given is to swap your socks over left for the right etc...
And try not to exhaust yourself as you will have a long drive at the end of the days walking.
Remember another minor detail - you can only go as fast as the slowest person in your group.
Not only does heat cause dehydration, so does the cold weather, so drink lots of fluids (dont be afraid to pee behind a rock or a bush everyone does it)
I hope this isn't putting you off
Above all have fun

Thanks for that and I will be fully prepared as I did a Gold DofE and have always liked outdoors. I can remember when I was little and went to dartmoor letterboxing and my older sister was facinated with skulls of sheep that she found. As for knowing where I am I brought my bf a Garmin etrax for valentines day as he cant read a map and he leaves that all down to me but I will train him up before we go

With your GPS (all the stamps are spot on the mark) the walk is a 2 hour stroll. Add on an hour for the other stamps in the area.

ok cheers for that i dont think i will use the GPS seems like cheating but will just have it as a back up i think!

Just thought of another one - The Yar Tor area - there is a road to the East of the Tor if approached from the South there is a small one car space to park in then you will be within 10 feet of a box

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