Wallace - The First Trip !

Meet Wallce. He is my personal boxing buddy. he is a little different from the standard BB's that travel around the world. he is one who just stays and letterboxes with me and my family. now over to wallace to tell you all about his first trip!

Hello there! i have been told that you would like to hear about my first letterboxing trip! well i had better get telling then hadn't i ! well first of all JorvikLB woke me up really early and told me to get my stamp and logbook ready because we were going letterboxing! i was really excited and rushed off to find my things.

i then went downstairs to find JorvikLB fiddling around with an old lunchbox and some plastic bags. i then realised she was getting a new letterbox ready to plant!

so straight away i offered to help!

soon after that, we all bundled into the car, and set off for Carlton. at first i enjoyed looking out of the window, but after a while i felt a bit car-sick, so i helped JorvikLB and LNER Express (her brother) look at the clues and see which one(s) we should set out for first.

We eventually arrived and tucked into some 'Sarnies! they were yummy! when we set off to find the boxes, we found the ford, but it turned out to be the wrong one! so we had to start all over again! we had lost about an hour, but still carried on. first of all we set out for "the sickener" but we were very upset to find out it had gone. =[ so we changed tacticks and went to look for Fucshia. and we found it! here is me sat with the box:

We opened it up, and to our suprise, we found a hitchiker!! it was Clip Clop, put out by The Yorkshire Tortise! so we all stamped in an took the HH to put in another box. The next box we set out for was "Red Squirrel." it was quite a walk, but we knew we would be rewarded at the end. but we soon found out otherwise. when we got there, we followed the clue exactley. there was a letterbox shaped hole right by the tree it mentioned, but it was knowhere to be seen. we did fear that it could of been washed away, but were not sure. so, downheartedly, we trudged back to the car and the cluelist. by this time the rain had set in, and there was a river running down the road!

we then looked for the "Seahorse" which we found out we had passed whilst looking for "Fucshia"! that was a lovely spot but we got very wet when stamping in.

after much persuading of Yorkshire Ladybird (mum) we decided to head out for "Box Hunting! No.4 Horsebox"

we headed along the track, took the correct reading of the the compass, and made our way to the part of the clue we needed. the clue clearly stated that the box was on the right hand side of a tree. so we were scrabling around in the trees for well over half an hour! we just could not find the box! JorvikLB was really upset as she loves horses, and was delighted when we found out there was a horse letterbox! Yorkshire Ladybird was just about to give up looking when she moved some forest debris and the familiar sound of plastic rung through the air! she gave it a tug and out came the letterbox! it was then we realised that we were being dim! we were standing the rong side of the trees, so if we were in the right place, we would of been looking on the left of all the trees! we straight away started stamping and taking pictures! the stamps were amazing! very well carved and with amazing details! here is me with our well deserved last find of the day! :

On the way back from finding this, we saw a great hiding place for our new letterbox! so we planted "My Little Pony #1" (Click Link For Clue)

i hope you enjoyed my first blog entry! keep an eye out for some more of my adventures, and also some more of JorvikLB's! (After all it is her blog)

Many Thanks!

Happy Letterboxing! xx Wallace xx