Tag: letterbox hunting
Orienteering related activity of hunting for letterboxes hidden in the country side, each letterbox has a stamp to collect an impression from. Optionally one can leave a postcard in the letterbox for the next visitor to collect and post.
At this time of year, when the weather is nice, the evenings after work are a great time to get out for some bonus play-time!
Last weeks mountain biking trail, in a new area of the Lakes for us, was great fun! It’s easy to simply fall out of the front door of the house, on to the bike, whizz up and down one of the many fantastic trails in Kentmere, get home, shower, and enjoy tea & cake or …
Despite the rapid approach of spring, and although it was dry (not raining), it wasn’t a day for rock climbing. But it was definitely a day to get out and enjoy the Lakeland fells
Richard and Ali came over to the Lakes this weekend... Snow was forecast, yet Saturday morning dawned cold and clear, though that didn't last long.
The Rab MM is getting closer and we are getting more and more apprehensive - what fools we are to have ever taken up the gauntlet laid down by Rachel and Richard! Anyway, we train on in some hope that we can at least finnish the event...
With the Rab Mountain Marathon getting scarily close and our lack of running fitness becoming a real worry we thought we'd try a fell-run with a bit more ground to cover, and a lot more elevation to tackle ...
I find running to be very hard to motivate myself for - it's such hard work - I have to add an extra incentive, Letterbox treasure...
We had glorious weather in the Lakes yesterday evening so we took full advantage of it and went for a run, found another Lakeland letterbox, and then enjoyed a pub-dinner at the Mortal Man in Troutbeck...
It was forecasted to be very wet on Saturday, so we knew we wouldn't be out climbing. We decided we should take advantage of the non-climbing weather and get in some more running training. To entertain us we thought we'd combine the running with a little letter boxing - good practice for navigating while running.
