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Web sites where you can find letterbox clues: Letterboxes that we hid: Huh? What's a Letterbox?Letterboxing isn't just for watching movies on your TV. It's a fun hobby that you can play with people all over the world. It's like treasure hunting meets folk art and creative writing. A letterbox is......a container that has a rubber stamp and a logbook inside. ...usually a box, but also can be a bag. A lot of times a letterbox also contains an ink pad and a pen. And what do you do with a letterbox?Well, the person who makes the letterbox, hides it somewhere. Then that person writes and publishes a clue so that other people may find the letterbox. Often clues are pretty straighforward, but sometimes they are written creatively, like a story or a poem. Letterbox hunters usually bring with them their own stamp and log book. When a letterbox hunter finds a letterbox, he or she takes her own stamp and makes a mark in the letterbox's log book. Then the letterbox hunter will use the letterbox's stamp to make a mark in his or her own log book. Um, so why is it called a "letterbox"?The origin of letterboxing dates back to the 1850's in Dartmoor, England. The first letterbox was set up by James Perrott at Cranmere Pool in North Dartmoor. In it, a hiker could leave a self-addressed letter or a post card, intended to be picked up and mailed by the next hiker to find it. Learn more about the history of letterboxing by visiting the web site of the Dartmoor Letterboxing Club. |
