A Saturday or so ago I lead the storywalk 'The Winding Charm' which is the first I wrote with the tale and trail interwoven and I still think it's a pretty good show. But this was the first large group I have lead with the new storywalk engine (One click browser based access rather than convoluted files in apps) And what a day it was, 9 months of solid rain finally abated and we even saw the sun at one point!
The walk around the village does take a while, but none were lost on route, everyone wanted to see that tale out and find out what happened. I take that as a compliment because we took over 2 hours to do it (big groups take time.) But then, what's the rush, for me the journey is the adventure, the arrival is the end, or as the quote goes 'It is better to travel well than to arrive'.
Four came over from North Petherton, another four from Bridgewater, and a family from Watchet, whom had seen the Facebook event posted whilst they were in the village. So they just jumped straight in, fabulous, it's good when tech delivers and connects like that.
But it was essential to have a good group because Richard Tomlinson from IgniteSomerset (Engine Room Bridgewater) did some filming, and made a cheeky little documentary. The front still of me scowling is a little off putting but it's a good insight into the storywalk procedure.
What do you think? and here are some more images from the day below. We made some great charms, which come across in the film well, there is a natural stop point in the story and everyone just dived in with threads and leaves.
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