The Basics
Letterboxes are watertight containers that hold a hand carved
eraser stamp (or store bought rubber stamp) and a journal.
There are many tens of thousands of letterboxes hidden throughout
the world.
Letterboxers search out these boxes, and carry their own
personal stamp, journal and inkpad. They also tend to use
a trail name. Our trail name is Towanda.
Upon finding a letterbox, they stamp an image using the letterbox’s
stamp into their personal journal.
They then stamp an image into the letterbox’s journal
using their personal stamp, and make an entry. Sometimes the
best part of finding a letterbox is looking at the stamped
images and reading the entries left by letterboxers who found
the letterbox before them.
The letterbox’s stamp and journal—now with a
new image and entry—are then returned to their container,
and the box to its hiding spot for the next letterboxers to
find.
Hiding Boxes
Some letterboxers also hide letterboxes. They distribute
clues to the location of these boxes, often on sites like
these.
The clues can be a straightforward matter of simply following
directions, or a more complex process of solving riddles or
finding compass points. Letterboxes can be hidden in highly
accessible places or in locations requiring hill walking.
It takes all kinds!!
Finding Boxes
One of the easiest ways to learn more about letterboxing
and get clues for boxes is to do a search of the word ‘letterboxing’
on a search engine (e.g. Google). Up to now, however, there
has not been a website dedicated to letterboxing in Scotland.
We have been surprised by this, as there are vast expanses
of beautiful places to explore here. A perfect location for
people who enjoy the outdoors, creativity and treasure hunting.
This site is intended to offer basic information and further
resources. We also hope it becomes a useful centre for posting
and finding clues to boxes hidden in Scotland.
If you are new to all of this, please visit our Getting
Started page.
If you’re keen to get started, the clues to the boxes
we’ve hidden can be found on our Clues
page.
If you’d like to post clues here for boxes hidden in
Scotland, please contact us using our online
form. |