Hello!

Well, here's my opening entry. To set the scene, I was appointed as Project Officer during September 2007. I have twelve months to complete my project and a list of objectives to fulfil within that time. It can be quite a daunting prospect but a really exciting one too. The only thing panicking me at the moment is that I've been here for three months already and don't seem to have got an awful lot done. It's true though that when I look back at what I have achieved, there is more than I'd first imagined. I've certainly got to know the area much better, I've made a great many local contacts and had an abundance of ideas - the challenge now is to make it all a reality, to produce some tangible outputs that work.

My main priorities at the moment are:
a) to plan and start producing content for some handheld multimedia devices. This can include anything, text, photos, animations, archive film, audio clips, etc. I've already identified the routes that the multimedia tours will follow but need to specify what will be said and where, with which illustrative material alongside. I need to write a script and have it read by a suitable narrator, much much work involved here and it needs to be done by the beginning of April - eek!
b) to appoint a web-designer and develop a web-site. This should be relatively easy in itself but the content for the web-site is another thing. I've had some excellent help from a few local contributors but many more are needed to enable the content to be widely varied and therefore more interesting.
c) to recruit volunteer walk guides and hold workshops for local businesses, to promote the economic benefits of my project and Braunton as a whole
d) to start working on the self-guided walks leaflets that will be downloadable from the web-site

I'm therefore going to go and continue with my work. Today's tasks are to produce some info for the North Devon AONB web-site and then continue with writing out the tour routes, including photographs to show where the route goes. I'm missing some photos at the moment but can spend a day later in the week walking the routes, my dog will adore that - she's currently curled up at my feet dreaming of imaginary walks!