Nice to see you on the list...I am still lurking !
And despite predictions to the contrary
under with marking assignments and stuff !
> I too keep a logbook with lots of little notes in additin to the stampe
>images I find in the boxes. In England, most letterboxers use cards to
>collect their stamped images. The take severla imressins of the stamp.
>That way if they mess up the first time, they can do it over. The cards
>are easier to handle than a book. They can re arrange the stamps anyway
>they like: alphabetical, by date, by geographic location, etc.
It is true we do Brits use "post card" type records to "collect" stamp
impressions .. this looks good in those photo albums where you slot in 5 x
3 pix into plastic pockets. We use a kind of filing box which makes
carrying and processing cards easy when stomping on the moor..a sort of
double box...unused cards on top, stamped treasures inside ...I'll try and
photo mine and send you a picture.
For display and storage you can get 100 and 200 slot albums cheaply..and
as we get sew on patches for these 100/200/300/ etc up to 5000 they are
easy to wield as "proof" when claiming your patches ! Also if you are
collecting a series and miss one..you can slot it back in place when you
find it later ! Some folk make up wall posters and stuff..very nice to
see a big collection on display !
But most letterboxers do also carry a log book as a chronological walk
record. Most folk put all sorts of stuff in, like the clues and notes
about the location and weather. Even pressed flowers ! And comments about
how you found the box or just what a nice day it was !
These comments are of course often written into the Visitors Books too !.
Similarly I often copy back good things other folk have written themselves
in the Visitor's Books
My log book ?
Well I have had many..but at the moment I have a "real prize collectors
book"...it's a nice big orange one with "Space Travellers" stamp in the
front !
But with one thing and another I have not been on the moor in 2001 YET !
So it awaits its first foray !
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Graham Howard
The Moorland Wizard !
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