Thanks to all who responded to my quest for a good map. I've found what I was looking for, and quite please about it as well. My family is from a town called Topsham which as it turns out is about 17 miles ENE of Dartmoor. Just south of Exeter.
I am so there... I've even gotten dh and my boxing partner and her dh in on the deal... I was quite prepared to go it alone if I had to!
I wonder how many boxes one can reasonably hope to get during the average 8 hour day on the moor in late March early May?!
Thanks again
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Dartmoor map--- Thanks
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Started on 2003-12-11
Dartmoor map--- Thanks
From: AC (cshouse@optonline.net) |
Date: 2003-12-11 17:48:33 UTC-05:00
Re: [LbNA] Dartmoor map--- Thanks
From: Silent Doug (silentdoug@letterboxing.info) |
Date: 2003-12-11 18:20:12 UTC-05:00
AC wrote:
>I wonder how many boxes one can reasonably hope to get during the average
>8 hour day on the moor in late March early May?!
Dartmoor letterboxing is quite different from the US variety, so you should
do some studying up before you go. Their clues aren't "puzzles" as ours
are, but compass bearings and map coordinates. A sighting compass is
essential, along with the appropriate map before you go (it's available at
Amazon.co.uk). You need to be able to use the compass as well as figure out
the map quads in order to find the letterboxes.
One problem is that most Dartmoor clues aren't published online, but in
books and printed updates. However, to get a copy of one of the books, you
have to have found 100 Dartmoor letterboxes first and join the Dartmoor 100
Club. Kind of a catch-22, but with some diligent searching (and perhaps
some help from some UK letterboxers) you can find some clues online. Be on
the lookout for "charity walks," too -- these are limited time letterbox
series that are planted to raise money from the purchase of a guide that
tells you where they are.
There are a number of helpful websites (check those listed here on my site:
http://www.letterboxing.info/links_info.shtml), and if you contact the nice
people in the Dartmoor Letterboxing Club
(http://groups.msn.com/TheDartmoorLetterboxingClub) I'm sure they'll be
more than hospitable.
Having said all of that, because there are between 5,000 & 10,000
letterboxes in Dartmoor NP, it's possible to find a whole lot in a single
day. Almost like Connecticut!
Doug
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silentdoug@letterboxing.info
http://www.letterboxing.info
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>I wonder how many boxes one can reasonably hope to get during the average
>8 hour day on the moor in late March early May?!
Dartmoor letterboxing is quite different from the US variety, so you should
do some studying up before you go. Their clues aren't "puzzles" as ours
are, but compass bearings and map coordinates. A sighting compass is
essential, along with the appropriate map before you go (it's available at
Amazon.co.uk). You need to be able to use the compass as well as figure out
the map quads in order to find the letterboxes.
One problem is that most Dartmoor clues aren't published online, but in
books and printed updates. However, to get a copy of one of the books, you
have to have found 100 Dartmoor letterboxes first and join the Dartmoor 100
Club. Kind of a catch-22, but with some diligent searching (and perhaps
some help from some UK letterboxers) you can find some clues online. Be on
the lookout for "charity walks," too -- these are limited time letterbox
series that are planted to raise money from the purchase of a guide that
tells you where they are.
There are a number of helpful websites (check those listed here on my site:
http://www.letterboxing.info/links_info.shtml), and if you contact the nice
people in the Dartmoor Letterboxing Club
(http://groups.msn.com/TheDartmoorLetterboxingClub) I'm sure they'll be
more than hospitable.
Having said all of that, because there are between 5,000 & 10,000
letterboxes in Dartmoor NP, it's possible to find a whole lot in a single
day. Almost like Connecticut!
Doug
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Silent Doug, P37 F249 E08 X40
silentdoug@letterboxing.info
http://www.letterboxing.info
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Re: [LbNA] Dartmoor map--- Thanks
From: AC (cshouse@optonline.net) |
Date: 2003-12-11 22:46:19 UTC-05:00
Thanks for the info, I've spent the past couple of days researching lbxing in Dartmoor. Thankfully in addition to going into my 30th year as a Girl Scout, I'm a leader and summer Camp program Director. I've laid out 3 Letterboxing Program Special for Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes, all based on their Orienteering badges. My stamp going to Dartmoor is Robert, Lord Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting in the UK. It was his friendship and influence with William Boyce and Juliette Gordon Low that brought Scouting to the US.
Compasses I got, maps I'll get, clues, now that's another story. I've been told that there are a number of boxes in the pubs surrounding Dartmoor... now that's where the dhs come in... it's out bargaining tool to get them on the plane... beers=boxes, sounds like a fair equation to them LOL
I've also been told that the phrase of the day is "Ask and ye shall receive"... I can only hope boxers around the world are as giving and sharing as here in the states.
I've tried the links, but neither worked... I worked around the first, maybe I can manhandle the second...
Talking Turtle
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Compasses I got, maps I'll get, clues, now that's another story. I've been told that there are a number of boxes in the pubs surrounding Dartmoor... now that's where the dhs come in... it's out bargaining tool to get them on the plane... beers=boxes, sounds like a fair equation to them LOL
I've also been told that the phrase of the day is "Ask and ye shall receive"... I can only hope boxers around the world are as giving and sharing as here in the states.
I've tried the links, but neither worked... I worked around the first, maybe I can manhandle the second...
Talking Turtle
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Re: [LbNA] Dartmoor map--- Thanks
From: dagonell2001 (salley@klaatu.canisius.edu) |
Date: 2003-12-12 15:10:44 UTC
--- AC wrote:
> I've tried the links, but neither worked... I worked around the
first, > maybe I can manhandle the second...
> Talking Turtle
The problem is that all messages are filtered through the Yahoo Groups
message board. The program automatically 'wraps' all long sentences.
It also converts all URLs to links. Unfortunately, the interface
between these two sub-routines doesn't work well. If it's a long URL,
it will wrap the bottom portion and then try to convert the first
portion to a link. You have to manually go to the letterbox-usa yahoo
groups home page and click on the links from there. Sorry. :(
-- Dagonell the Pirate
> I've tried the links, but neither worked... I worked around the
first, > maybe I can manhandle the second...
> Talking Turtle
The problem is that all messages are filtered through the Yahoo Groups
message board. The program automatically 'wraps' all long sentences.
It also converts all URLs to links. Unfortunately, the interface
between these two sub-routines doesn't work well. If it's a long URL,
it will wrap the bottom portion and then try to convert the first
portion to a link. You have to manually go to the letterbox-usa yahoo
groups home page and click on the links from there. Sorry. :(
-- Dagonell the Pirate