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ACTIVITY REPORT

JAN - MAR 2016

Introduction

This report sets out activity for the second quarter of the Project’s final year - Year 3 ‘History of Tourism’. The report follows the same format as within the Action Plan submitted in the original bid for funding. There are additional elements at the end of the table which pick up previously uncompleted activity or where activities are naturally continuing from year to year.

Please refer to the Project spreadsheets which document the figures used within the table below. The table sets out an ongoing tally of outputs for the entire Project (column 4), quantifying activity since August 2013 (the Project start). Targets for Year 3 appear in column 2, and then the overall tally of activity for Year 3 appears in column 3. For a full written description of activity for each previous quarter of the Project please refer to the details set out in previous reports.

A vast array of the interpretative outputs from the Project are publicly available within the National Park Centre in Lynmouth as well as other locations around Exmoor, not to mention the feast of film, photos and material accessible on YouTube, Flickr, the Project webpage and Exmoor National Park website as well as via the App ‘Discover Exmoor’. The Project Facebook page is very active and all events and activities are regularly tweeted, with weekly posts such as #FlashbackFriday tying in with our current interpretative themes. Please refer to those outputs as well as this report to gain a full picture of the Project’s activity.

Activity Annual Target

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Year 3

Tally – whole Project

Status and Activity Since Last Report

Review of year 2 activitiesin consultation with the project advisory group and volunteers

1 1 2 No further activity

Call for Volunteers Advertise & recruit

Maintain 20+

3 vols signed up

70 vols signed up 28 volunteer days were contributed to the Project this quarter (to end September):

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volunteers to deliver project activities. 8 x 16-25 year olds

21 under 25s

26 active vols

21 days of unskilled volunteer activity 5.5 skilled 1.5 professional

Delivered by 31 volunteers

Regular heritage talk, walk, tour programme with local societies around the theme of Exmoor’s Inspiring Landscapes (woodlands)

24 walks, talks, tours, trails

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185 people attended

81

1850

people attended

3 talks were organised during this quarter under the banner of ‘Evenings@thePavilion’ related to our theme of ‘Exmoor Tourism’:

“Off the rails” by Martyn Snell of the West Somerset Railway, recounting the colourful history of the steam railway’s arrival to Exmoor

“West Country Farm & Food Tours” by Shaun Bryant, sharing samples of locally produced pork sausages as he and guest farmer, Pam, explained about the new and popular tour-guide concept showing how meat is reared and enabling visitors to buy direct from the farm

“Tails & Verse from over The Hill”, linking new prose, verse and quirky country-style illustrations with visitors’ experiences of Exmoor (especially Porlock Hill!) by author Miles Robertson

One guided walk took place this quarter, led by Project Volunteer Walk Leader Elaine Drewe (enjoyed by 9 people)

In total, 25 people attended these events.

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Training for volunteers 15 days of expert time for training. 4 sessions per year

6 training events

34 total attendance

21 vol training events

131 total attendance

25th January – Scanner Training – Attended by 1 Volunteer 5th February Inspiring Landscapes – Nature Craft Workshop – 3 volunteers attended 26th and 27th February – First Aid Training (1 day) – 5 volunteers attended There was also informal training for volunteers with the Volunteer Co-ordinator.

Training planned for next quarter includes “Interpretation ...So What!” which will allow volunteers to improve their interpretation skills.

Launch Heritage theme memory challenge

One theme every two months, 10 new responses on average

4 themes

62 responses

9 themes

345responses

During this quarter the ‘Your Exmoor’ section has launched the themes of: Romantic Exmoor (39 responses, plus magnetic poems that were ever-changing and

so not recorded). This theme in particular was accompanied by regular tweets to share archived images of Romantic Exmoor, which received considerable online interest, comments and reminiscence.

During each theme we have held special celebration events to encourage people to share experiences around each theme (see Your Exmoor Heritage Activity Day Workshops below)

NB Year one figures are not included in the whole project tally. Delivery of heritage challenges with community youth groups

6 weekly sessions (1 day/ week)

1 3 An exhibition of the October Youth Challenge was displayed via selected stills within National Park Centre Lynmouth through the month of March – figures are reported below together with the other exhibitions this quarter.

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with 12 young people Create a temp exhibition documenting their activities and experiences

Temporary exhibition – e.g. Louisa Lifeboat

2000 viewings

1

100 viewings

2

3000 viewings

See below, ‘exhibitions’ section

Temporary exhibition with West Exmoor Federation (of Year 1 work)

1 exhibition130 school children taking part in exhibitio

3 small exhibitions

Currently in the exhibition calendar to be displayed in May 2016, and to cover their seashore safaris, sculpture workshop, light drawing work as part of the National Big Draw campaign, their Viking re-enactment on Countisbury Hill as well as their woodland work this year. A small exhibition has been on display within Lynton Primary School for the last six months.

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n and 1000 visits

Family Fun day with West Exmoor Federation

1 day (not annual)300 people 8 seaside safaris, sea shanty show

2 events

175 people attending

Complete

Recruitment and training of year 2 volunteer heritage placements

2 x6 week placements

2 Heritage Placements

1 Work Experience Student

3 Heritage Placements

9 work experience placements

After the considerable work undertaken last quarter to recruit Heritage Placements we recruited two Research and Interpretation Heritage Placements. They will be:

Researching and producing content for a ‘Tourism in Exmoor Timeline’ and banner exhibition.

Researching and producing several 'iPad stories’ on the subject of surfing, seaside food (inc. Porlock oyster farming) and hunting.

Plan and script short film to be commissioned on the subject of ‘Victorian tourism - Victorian Postcards and Photographs'.

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We had a work experience student for a day in March and he was given an overview of the project including its images and oral history archive before assisting in scanning documents for the projects archive.

Temporary exhibitions – Year 2

2

30 people taking part in creating exhibitions and 2000 visits

15

Exhibitions

17430 people viewing

57

exhibitions

54480 people viewing

4 exhibitions have been displayed during this quarter:

o The special banner exhibition setting out how Lynton & Lynmouth were self-sufficient has continued to be displayed within the National Park Centre in Lynmouth, forming a linked display with the Lyn & Exmoor Museum

o Romantic Poets Exhibition was displayed during February upstairs within the National Park Centre, Lynmouth, to dovetail with our Your Exmoor theme of Romantic Exmoor

o Youth Woodland Film Challenge celebrated the work achieved through the youth Woodland Film Challenge in October 2015, in collaboration with Somerset Film and the National Trust

o The 12 Winners of the South West Coast Path photographic exhibition were beautifully displayed on canvas within Lynmouth National Park Centre during this quarter and were simultaneously for sale through a blind auction. Six offers were made by five people, all of whom went home with a canvas.

An estimated 6000 people viewed these exhibitions.

In addition to those being developed by the heritage Placements, we look forward to receiving new exhibitions commissioned by the Project on:

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Exmoor’s Victorian Fern Craze Exmoor Tourism

Two new iPad stories were uploaded this quarter:

- Steam's Up (History of Tourism)- West Somerset Mineral Railway

And the following iPad stories are being developed during the next quarter:

- Cliff railway- Lady Ada- Wildwood/working woods- Knight family- Hope Bourne- Welsh links- Victorian ferns

Testing of the mobile App

100 people to trial the app

Hundreds of downloads (less than 1000)

The App, available to download from: http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/app , was launched at the Exmoor Tourism Conference on 3rd March to an audience of 250.

It will be promoted more widely on social media and in the written press during the next quarter.

The App is receiving 5 star ratings on Google Play and verbal feedback locally is extremely

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positive.

Your Exmoor heritage activity day workshops

Target to deliver 14 workshops for year 3 themes; 14 new activities designed;10 people per workshop average;100 creative response

12 events

529 people attended

44 on average per event

56 events

1734 people attended

31 on average per event

3900 poetry responses (from poetry box project alone)

There were 5 events in this category this quarter:

o Your Exmoor – Stone Painting Workshop in Januaryo Your Exmoor – Roses & Poems in Februaryo Meet Moorland Mousie – discover Exmoor Ponies from the Exmoor Pony Centreo Your Exmoor – Soil Painting Workshop in Februaryo Your Exmoor – Butterfly Kite Making Workshop in March

205 people attended – 41 per event

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s to the heritage generated in year 2;

Family learning days 8 family days

2 event


33 events


1 event was run during this quarter – the very successful Book Day held throughout the National Park Centre in Lynmouth to which approximately 200 people came. Nine separate local authors were on hand to sign books and talk about what inspired them to write and draw about Exmoor. A rolling programme of talks by each author in turn was offered in the Audio-Visual Theatre, covering topics from Exmoor Hill Farming to cloud seeding, ghost stories and poems. A particular draw was the presence of Davey the lovingly-restored vintage tractor who was scrambled on by many children (and adults!) – star of the local children’s cartoon books.

Taster sessions for new audiences

8 per year (more on request)

40 people visiting

Production of 12

0 20 sessions


The Exmoor Centre have confirmed that 4 sessions are being offered to special need and vulnerable groups from outside the area to come and experience Exmoor.

The Project Team are negotiating with Foxes School in Minehead (for special needs students) in the hope that they will visit Exmoor and film their feelings about the wild landscape, before the close of the Project.

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pieces of content

Visitor days 12 visitor activity days ; Advertised by 20 local businesses

18 events

411 people attended

20 businesses involved

61 events

1010 people attended

38 businesses involved

6 events were organised this quarter linked to 4 local businesses/organisations, to which 217 people came:

Glorious Glass stained glass workshops continue to be popular, with 17 people coming to two events this quarter

Jewellery Workshop – always popular, starts with a beach-comb to find sea glass or pottery which is then turned into beautiful silver-wire-wrapped bracelets and necklaces. 7 people came to this event in February

Pointillism Workshop – 3 people turned Exmoor creatures and landscape into dots Silk Painting Workshop – 3 people selected Exmoor icons to paint Exmoor Horn Wool Day – a celebration of the Exmoor Horn Sheep with

representatives giving a slide show and talk about the Exmoor Horn Wool Project, with special produce for sale, and a local spinner offering demonstrations and ‘have-a-go’ sessions. It is estimated that 187 people came to the event during the day.

Deliver Local Interpreter sessions

4 sessions per year to develop 20 local heritage champion

11 new local heritage interpreters to be trained

4 Training Sessions

17 Local Heritage Interpreters trained, now leading guided walks

9 specific sessions

19th January – The new Dunster Walk group followed an existing walk leader as part of their training. Attended by 4 volunteers.

25/26th February – First Aid Training was ran for new and existing walks volunteers. Further first aid sessions are planned for volunteers who were unable to make these dates or whose certification will run out at a later date.

10th March – Walk leader training was provided on a new route for the Lynmouth Walk

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s, tour guides and walk leaders.

training sessions (7 Walk Leader, 1 Heritage Interpretation, 1 shoreline-guide)

Leaders. Attended by 3 volunteers.

16th March – Walk leader training was provided on the existing and new route for the Lynmouth Walk Leaders. Attended by 3 volunteers.

16th March – Walk leader training was provided on the existing route for the Porlock Walk Leaders to change the route to make it safer. Attended by 4 volunteers.

Delivery of rolling programme of heritage workshops for West Exmoor Federation

Fortnightly Exmoor heritage sessions Primary school children (approx 130) to attend at least one session over the year.

5 schools

750 children

2 field trips

1 Viking/Anglo Saxon costume and battle day, attended by 53 children

1 amazing in-situ re-enactment of Hubba the Dane attacking Countisbury Hill, fully costumed and scripted

1304 school children engaged in total since

No school activity took place this quarter.

Combe Martin Sea School’s guide to the Exmoor shore, by children, for children is with the printer.

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project start

2 mini-films

1 slideshow

3 temporary exhibitions

Heritage Open Day Events (1 per year; need to catch-up on undelivered Year 1 event)

500 people attending over the weekend;

1 None delivered this quarter. The National Trust will be opening Piles Mill in May in delivery of this element of the Project.

Heritage AV production with College students

1 audio-visual production.

2 20 short films During the woodland adventure days we interviewed members of the public to ask them what they love most about Exmoor’s woodlands. This piece has been finalised and was released online during this Quarter.

A film to show ‘Old Lynmouth’ before the flood using old B&W images with special 3D software is now available to share, and we are researching ways in which this can be done using a dedicated touch screen within the National Park Centre, Lynmouth. It will shortly be embedded within the ENPA website.

We are excited to shortly be receiving the finals of:

Exmoor’s oldest tree, The General, is being filmed through the year, showing ‘A Year

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in the Life of the General’, including drone footage and a crane to reach the uppermost branches. This film will then be taken around to 4 local schools by the film maker to engage the children in the filming process as well as the heritage of the tree.

Porlock Community Orchard expressed interest in the orchard being documented through the year and the film of that is now near completion. It includes film of the beehives and interviews with key characters related to the orchard’s development. Most recently their wassail was filmed to be included.

We continue to work with the Culbone community to develop a film about the ancient Culbone stone and church. A filming programme has been developed for completion during the next quarter.

Working with Foxes Academy in Minehead, students will be led by Somerset Film to develop questions surrounding tourism on Exmoor. While being filmed, they will then interview selected repeat visitors to Exmoor about their holiday experiences. The Foxes Academy teaches students with special needs to live independently, whilst also training them to run a small hotel.

North Devon Schools and College Challenge (landscape photography competition.)

250 entries ; a successful dynamic poster

5 competition

60 entries

9 competitions

342 entries

During this quarter the Project completed the Exmoor in Winter Photography Competition, receiving 18 entries. Lynmouth National Park Centre are keen to run this again next year.

The Project is contributing to local celebrations of the Queen’s Birthday by running a competition for children to design a brochure for a fictional visit by the Queen to Exmoor. We look forward to receiving the entries in early June.

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Community events for Exmoor residents

3 each year ; 20 people attending on average per event;

1 event

21 people attended

7 events

238 people attended

No additional activities were organised for delivery this quarter.

Plans are afoot to deliver:

a special film viewing of documentary showing the old Blue Motors bus tours and invitations have been sent out this quarter; and

A community supper for residents of Exford and surrounding areas to ‘Bring and Share’ their photos and stories of old Exmoor

Deliver 8 Education days

schools across wider Exmoor

5 schools, approx. 20 children per school

1 online resource now launched

38 education sessions

713 children

Sound recording artist Martin Prothero visited 5 schools across Exmoor to share his soundscape recordings with around 100 children, discuss his approach to recording and develop Haiku poems. His report is sent as a separate document.

An exciting shoreline educational resource has been developed in partnership with the Devon Wildlife Trust and will be returning from the printers during the next quarter. This complements the free ‘shore species’ leaflet already produced through the Project which has a more general audience.

Other work with schools is due later in the Project:

Riddle workshops linked to the Exmoor Icon Campaign Filmmaking workshops linked to the filming of The General

The Project is developing an online learning resource about tourism on Exmoor and this is in its initial stages of design.

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Deliver 2 Educator days/ mini-conference

2 days in year 2

30 educators overall

6 educator events The Exmoor Shoreguide (by children, for children) has now been printed and is being circulated to visitor information points along the coast of Exmoor.

Deliver local business information days

2

10 local businesses attending

6 business information days

175 people attended (average of 29 people per event)

Planned as a Grand Finale to promote the resources available as a result of the Project activity.

Mystery heritage trail (geocache) – from year 1

1 8

40 trails completed

10.5 The Mosaic Young Champions have now put in place 7 geocaches across Exmoor. These will ‘go live’ in April.

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Iconic heritage campaign -from year 1

Target 1000 votes ; 10 distinct heritage items selected; Exhibited July 2014

0 We are working with Chris Jelley, from Storywalks, who has researched the feasibility of mown labyrinths depicting the Exmoor Stag in several locations across Exmoor. Each stag will contain a riddle developed by local school children. Chris aims to attract additional funding to support this ambitious project. At present we are clarifying planning requirements before the project hopefully proceeds during the Summer Term with the interested schools from each village. Chris Jelley continues to work with Parish Councils to secure their support.

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Additional Outputs

Not included within the Action Plan above are additional outputs which are recorded in the Outputs spreadsheet, namely:


Tally – Year 2

Tally Year 3

Tally Whole Project

Status

Audio-visual productions 3 overall

30 9 54 2 additional films completed this quarter (3D Lynmouth, ‘What’s Great About Exmoor Woodlands’)

Digital ‘stories’ – responses to Exmoor as part of the Your Exmoor Project (young person’s, children’s, family and visitor content)

100 124 The ‘Postcards, Paddlesteamers and Holidays Past’ project continues to record the memories of repeat visitors. In total we have handed out 28 special Holidays Past packs have been distributed to tourism operators across Exmoor who are all taking part in recording the memories of their visitors. There’s been considerable interest in this aspect of the project within the press. We have already had 2 books returned with people’s memories and photos of lifetime’s holidaying on Exmoor.

Three new oral history recordings have been received this quarter. We are looking to employ an individual to develop all of the Project’s oral history recordings into interpreted ‘finished pieces’ to share publicly within the National Park Centre and online.

Outreach No specific target

Meetings this quarter with:

Mosaic Young Champions Devon Wildlife Trust / Shoresearch Somerset Wildlife Trust

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Tally Year 3

Tally Whole Project

Status

Plymouth University ENPA (various) South West Coast Path Association Exmoor Arts Two Moors Threatened Butterfly Project Porlock Community Orchard Exmoor Centre Moorland Mousie Trust ArtEcom Somerset Film ENPA Partnership Fund West Somerset Railway Dunster Castle (NT) Storywalks Victorian Society Woody Bay steam railway Lee Abbey – Community Supper possibility Lyn Children’s party Holnicott Estate (NT) – Piles Mill Allerford Museum

Launch and Celebration events No specific

6 events271

None this quarter

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Tally Year 3

Tally Whole Project

Status

target people

Children involved/represented/engaged through Project activities

No specific target

2836 2382 7517 546 this quarter

Total members of the public involved/engaged through Project activities

No specific target

31976 19545 66254 6717 this quarter

Summary

The Project team has been enthused by the interest shown in the Holidays Past memory collection Project during this quarter, and support from businesses has been higher than anticipated. In addition to that, highlights from this quarter include:

We posted a photograph on social media as part of our Romantic Exmoor theme, showing a local couple getting married. A lady in Australia saw the post and recognised the couple as her Grandparents, and she had never seen the photo before. Via social media comments about the photo she was then in touch with her second cousin who lives in England. From the Mary Orchard Collection, held on the Project archives, we were then able to find her other old photographs of her Grandparents and Great Grandparents, as well as an oral history recording of her Grandmother. Listening to her Grandmother she recognised a lot of expressions of speech which were familiar from her own mother. It was very special for all family members and for Project staff.

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A member of the public saw one of the Project’s Press Releases asking for old photos of holidays on Exmoor, and she brought in several interesting and unusual photos of elephants in Minehead, probably from the circus.

Very excited to have the Heritage Placements on board from English Heritage, researching Victorian Exmoor and History of Exmoor Tourism for the Project and coming up with innovative interpretation ideas.

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