Copybush Woods Letterbox Hybrid
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We think this is the first Letter Box Hybrid in Pembrokeshire so hopefully something a little different. If you want to take an impression of the stamp please take your own log. This Cache can be done as part of a 2.5 mile walk, which we hope, will provide a bit of something for all. For a letterbox to be a letterbox the stamp pad and stamp must remain in the box and are not to be traded, the box is clearly marked NOT FOR TRADE, ITEMS FOR TRADE.
We are upping the terrain difficulty of this due to accessibility. The footpath from Copybush Lane is a mud pit and the gate at the other end is covered by nettles. Signage is none existent, so to get from the Copybush side walk down the track to the farm turn right at the sheds, go across the front of the house and turn left the follow the new shiny gates up the hill. There are dogs and live stock here it also looks like Steptoe’s yard!!! If you are coming down from Norchard Beacon the top of the field is cultivated then the brambles begin on the path. You can get back to the path by deviating around the brambles and heading for the edge of the trees. Follow the gates down the hill turn right at the house, go along and turn left when you get to the yard. Then follow your GPS for Dawnie Diversion.
You can find the Geo Cache definition of a letterbox hybrid cache on the site but letter boxing has a lot more history than just the last 10 years as you can see.
There are plenty of these around Dartmoor, Bolton and Preston.
The origin of letterboxing can be traced to Dartmoor, Devon, England in 1854. William Crossing in his Guide to Dartmoor states that a well known Dartmoor guide (James Perrott) placed a bottle for visitors’ cards at Cranmere Pool on the northern moor in 1854. From this hikers on the moors began to leave a letter or postcard inside a box along the trail (sometimes addressed to themselves, sometimes a friend or relative)—hence the name “letterboxing”. The next person to discover the site would collect the postcards and mail them. In 1938 a plaque and letterbox in Crossing’s memory were placed at Ducks Pool on southern Dartmoor.
The first Dartmoor letterboxes were so remote and well hidden that only the most determined walkers would find them, allowing weeks to pass before the letter made its way home. Until the 1970s there were no more than a dozen such sites around the moor, usually in the most inaccessible locations. Increasingly, however, letterboxes have been located in relatively accessible sites and today there are thousands of letterboxes, many within easy walking distance of the road. As a result, the tradition of leaving a letter or postcard in the box has been forgotten.
Today there is a club called the “100 Club”, membership of which is open to anyone who has found at least 100 letterboxes on Dartmoor. Clues to the locations of letterboxes are published by the “100 Club” in an annual catalogue. Some letterboxes however remain “word of mouth” and the clues to their location can only be obtained from the person who placed the box. Some clues may also be found in other letterboxes or on the Internet, but this is more commonly for letterboxes in places other than Dartmoor, where no “100 Club” or catalogue exist.
Letterboxing has become a popular sport, with thousands of walkers gathering for ‘box-hunts’ and while in some areas of Dartmoor it is particularly popular amongst children, some of the more difficult to find boxes and tougher terrain are better suited to more experienced adults.
Like Geocaching, letter boxing has it’s own language – WOMB, Cooties, Fleas and traditional Boxes. Try Wikipedia to find out what they mean.
The cache is a 2 Ltr lock and lock box hidden under some large mossy stones by the side of the path. This is all under a large beech tree. Some of the stones are man sized so children beware.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Lbh ernyyl qba'g arrq bar, lbh jvyy unir orra chavfurq rabhtu!!
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