Back to letterboxing
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 10:51 am
I have known about letterboxing since the 90s when a family friend took us for a walk in the area around possibly Leather Tor. I remember spending a happy afternoon turning over rocks and finding around about 10 letterboxes. Back then there seemed to be a lot of other people all doing the same thing. It was a happy day (and the sun was shining)
My next encounter with a letterbox was by accident while geocaching I started finding them but the first few I found I didn't have a stamp kit on me nor a notebook however from about 2014 onwards I started carrying the letterboxing kit with me on the off chance that I might find some. In this way I managed to find just under 30 scattered in a wide area across the whole moor.
In 2015 I found out about the catalogue and tried to obtain a copy despite not having reached '100'. I was informed back then that I could have one but think my cheque was lost in the post, it was a busy year and then I forgot all about it.
In 2020 I managed to buy on Ebay a 2014 catalogue. We tried to find about 8 of them while on a wild camping walk found none. (Note to self - letterboxing and wild camping is difficult due to weight of bag)
Roll on to 2022 I am looking at facebook and see a load of charity walks advertised. Geocaching has faded a bit for me and if I am on the moor I would rather do letterboxes only as I think its more fun and everyone can have a go with taking compass bearings rather than using just a gps, so I send in a donation for 1 of them and receive the details for 11 or so boxes. However I contacted the 100 club catalogue person on the off chance that I could get a catalogue and they said yes - to my great surprise. And several days later a spring 2022 catalogue arrived with a thunk on the doormat.
Have now plotted on the map just under 40 boxes in the same area as the charity walk for a go at letterboxing with my Dad and girlfriend. Hopefully we have a good chance at finding some of them this time!
My next encounter with a letterbox was by accident while geocaching I started finding them but the first few I found I didn't have a stamp kit on me nor a notebook however from about 2014 onwards I started carrying the letterboxing kit with me on the off chance that I might find some. In this way I managed to find just under 30 scattered in a wide area across the whole moor.
In 2015 I found out about the catalogue and tried to obtain a copy despite not having reached '100'. I was informed back then that I could have one but think my cheque was lost in the post, it was a busy year and then I forgot all about it.
In 2020 I managed to buy on Ebay a 2014 catalogue. We tried to find about 8 of them while on a wild camping walk found none. (Note to self - letterboxing and wild camping is difficult due to weight of bag)
Roll on to 2022 I am looking at facebook and see a load of charity walks advertised. Geocaching has faded a bit for me and if I am on the moor I would rather do letterboxes only as I think its more fun and everyone can have a go with taking compass bearings rather than using just a gps, so I send in a donation for 1 of them and receive the details for 11 or so boxes. However I contacted the 100 club catalogue person on the off chance that I could get a catalogue and they said yes - to my great surprise. And several days later a spring 2022 catalogue arrived with a thunk on the doormat.
Have now plotted on the map just under 40 boxes in the same area as the charity walk for a go at letterboxing with my Dad and girlfriend. Hopefully we have a good chance at finding some of them this time!