The Hounds of Boxerville

Thomas and I were invited by Mark and Sue Pepe to join a group of letterboxers for a Pinecone Adventure to Dartmoor. This is the third Pinecone Adventure to the Moors and our first. We are so incredibly happy and honored to be traveling with this group to the birthplace of letterboxing. Our trip takes place from August 28 - September 11, 2014. This blog will chronicle the trip as well as activities before and after the trip.

Pinecone Adventures Returns to the Moor with The Hounds of Boxerville.

The road in front of us grew bleaker and wilder over huge russet and olive slopes, sprinkled with giant boulders. Now and then we passed a moorland cottage, walled and roofed with stone, with no creeper to break its harsh outline.
- from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Saturday, November 30, 2013

More Information and Who's Making the Trip


Well, we have received some information regarding airfare, cottages, vans and estimated costs for the trip. We got approximate costs for the cottage (which includes some meals) and comes to about $750 each. For the vans, it looks like it will be about $134 each and the airfare is going to cost somewhere around $1200 each - that only includes the flight from New York to London. We will still need to look into airfare from Albuquerque to New York. 
The dates for the trip have also been established and it looks like we will be gone from Thursday, August 28th to Saturday, September 6th. That's the trip to Dartmoor, they will change if we decide to stay a little longer and visit our friends. Mark P. also gave us information and reminders regarding electrical converters, passports, luggage, laundry facilities, having some local currency, logbooks, putting money into a kitty for gas and such, and also to remember to let our credit card companies know we are going to be out of the country.

We also have a list of who's going to be traveling to Dartmoor . . .
Grumpy Grinch
Mark & Sue Pepe
Doublesaj & Old Blue
ggghiker & Irish Marine
TsukiAmes & Jei
lionsmane & Highwayman
bookworm
Shorty
Talking Turtle & Hugh
moonstone
Bell Motel
roadrunner
Thomas and I have had the pleasure of traveling with most of these people and we are looking forward to seeing them again and meeting the ones we have met yet. I feel that this will be a great bunch.

On a more fun note Mark P. has asked for everyone to suggest a name for the group. Grumpy Grinch came up with a really great one right off the bat. He suggested The Hounds of Boxerville. This is a play on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story of The Hound of the Baskervilles which is set in Dartmoor. It seems most people like this so I am guessing that is the name we will use for the trip. And it was noted that Amy (TsukiAmes) will carve the group stamp for the trip.

I also bought a couple of more books . . . Dartmoor Letterboxing: A Guide for Beginners and Dartmoor Quiz Book. There has been a lot of information exchanged this month and a lot of plans are in the making. I am looking forward to this trip and I am really excited - but there is so much to do and it is still quite a ways away.
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