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It is hard to imagine a stranger year than 2020, but here we are in 2021 and still not back to normal. Despite the challenges of the Covid world, I’m pleased to say that I am busy and finding creative ways to engage with my clients and colleagues on site and online.
Here’s what has been keeping me busy so far this year...
Jo was a most entertaining and
gracious speaker, who made us
all feel valued. Very professional.
Training workshop participant,
Kielder Viaduct Heritage Project.
My last site visit before the first lockdown was with Rob Robinson to the historic Silverburn Flax Mill on the Fife coast, on a gloriously sunny but chilly February day in 2020. Rob and I have prepared an interpretation plan for the mill, one of the last remnants of the hugely important but largely forgotten Scottish flax and linen industry. The amazing team at Fife Employment Access Trust are leading the project to restore the building as a visitor centre and community hub, to ensure the future of the mill and the park in which it sits.
My first ever outdoor interpretation planning workshop last October, at the glorious
Ellon Castle Gardens near Aberdeen, was going brilliantly until the wind whipped
away all my post-
I am developing a major interpretation plan, with Bright, for the new River Tweed
trail for Tweed Forum and partners, as part of their visionary Lottery-
I am also working with Carolyn Lloyd Brown to deliver an exciting range of heritage
activities for Guisborough’s handsome Town Hall. The building is being restored by
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and partners, with funding from NLHF. Our aim
is to raise awareness of the many heritage skills involved in the restoration, and
build local confidence and skills in engaging the community and visitors in the story
of the building and town. It’s been a challenge creating covid-
I am a long standing full member and former trustee of the Association for Heritage
Interpretation, and am very proud to be part of the team delivering AHI’s biannual
awards scheme. I have been working with the team to review and re-