Continued Reading and Planning

So here is an update on the trip to Dartmoor. Mark P. has set up a Yahoo Talk List for this trip so that everyone going on the trip can communicate with each other in one place. So far on the Talk List there has only been a welcome note from Mark P. and a couple of polls to see if we would be interested in a visit to a castle and a river boat ride. It seems that Mark P. is very much into the planning stages.

Also I ordered a few more books . . . About Dartmoor, Dartmoor (Collins Rambler's Guide), and The Magic of Dartmoor. I've spent some time reading some of the books that I have received and I am enjoying learning about Dartmoor. Hopefully I can remember some of the stuff I have read. Maybe I need to start taking notes so I have that information for the trip.

Thomas and I have been discussing if we want to add some days to the trip and visit friends that we have in Brighton and also take a few days to visit London (one of our favorite cities). We still haven't made any decisions but I feel that since we are there we should take the time to do it. Anyway, that's all that happened in the past month regarding the trip. I will post again next month with updates.

An Invitation to Attend a Letterboxing Trip to Dartmoor

Thomas and I have gone on two Pinecone Adventures with Mark and Sue Pepe and we have really enjoyed those trips. During the Pincone Adventures' Letterboxing Cruise to Alaska!!! and the Viva Italia Letterboxing Tour!!! I talked with Mark about including us if they ever planned another trip to Dartmoor. So when I received an email from Mark earlier this month inviting us on a trip they were planning for next year I didn't hesitate making a commitment - even without talking to Thomas first. So in August 2014 we are traveling with Pinecone Adventures for the Pinecone Adventures Returns to the Moor.

After signing up on the event listing on Atlas Quest I immediately started planning (not that there is that much to do - since Mark is actually making all the arrangements) by reading different websites and blogs (which I will list in the sidebar). I also ordered some books and travel information. I ordered a Dartmoor patch and postcard and I also got the Dartmoor OS Explorer Map OL28. In addition to these things I ordered the following books . . . 101 Dartmoor Letterboxes: But Not How to Find Them, Dartmoor National Park Guide, Cranmere Pool, Dartmoor Letterboxes, More Dartmoor Letterboxes, Dartmoor National Park: A Pictorial Souvenir, and The Great Little Dartmoor Book. Next I got a year subscription to Dartmoor Magazine (4 issues). And I don't know if I had a feeling this trip was coming or not but back in August I ordered Let's Go Letterboxing: A Beginner's Guide - wasn't that a happy coincidence. I will occasionally write posts during the coming year as we make plans and arrangements and I will post each day of our trip. This will give me a good record of the trip and something I can go back and read when I am missing the Moors. Besides the sidebar links to information about Dartmoor and letterboxing you can click on the book in the sidebar and go to a complete bibliography of the books and other items I am using for this trip.

So far Mark has just extended the invitations and let us know he will be communicating more information soon. I am really excited about this trip and it is something I have dreamed about since I started letterboxing back in 2006. Before long the dream will be a reality - I can't wait! Oh, and Bell Motel emailed me to let me know she was going on the trip as well - WooHoo!!!