Ever Catch a Fly?

Looks like Dartmoor really made an impression on Don & Gwen! Their latest box is called Catching Flies. Located in Kernville, CA it is clued like the boxes in Dartmoor that they recently sought on their trip across the pond. Three different way points are mentioned in the clues and then you triangulate until you find the intersection of these 3 landmarks. Seems as if they also met up with the Baker's Dozen friend, Andy Wilkes, who spent several days with them.

While in Dartmoor, Don and Gwen stayed in Okehampton with Mel and Ray Quirk at the Bowerland Bed & Breakfast. Don told me that he left a box with the Quirk's so that there would be a hand carved stamp in at least one of the pubs or B & Bs in Dartmoor. For those of you that don't realize, most of the Dartmoor stamps, even on the moor, are commercially produced. While some might be hand drawn or original in design, the artwork is then brought to one of several stamp houses in England. They also have a large amount of store bought stamps as well. That is one of the largest differences, besides the clues, between letterboxing on each side of the pond. Welcome home, Don & Gwen, and glad you had a great time! Click the frog for the new clues!

Speaking of Dartmoor, Silent Doug and the Clueless Letterboxer (Jennifer) will be in Dartmoor this month! Several recent emails from the Clueless one (she's far from that) revealed her increased level of excitement for this trip! We started discussing their trip about a year ago so they've had all of that time to whip themselves up into a Dartmoor letterboxing frenzy! Be safe and we'll see you both soon!