Mapping the Necklace at the Dott 07 Festival officially opens on the 16th October 2007.

The Mapping Team invite visitors to the festival continue this blog with their thoughts and experiences here at the festival or online in the rest of the world!

has anybody else tried it ?
Have tried parachuting, hot air balooning, snow and water skeeing and love being at sea in my dingy.
read Beths blog, and met Beth on Kitchen Criminals

Dott 07 Design Boot Camp comes to Durham's Necklace Park for a day to explore the area's potential for sustainable tourism!

Approximately 6 adults and 10 children attended a wild food walk, near Durham City, led by local food enthusiast Wilf Richards.

The walk started at The Pump House restaurant near Houghall College, headed down to Houghall Farm, cut across the field to Great High Wood, followed the bottom of the woods to the A177 main road, skirted around Maiden Hill, popped over the River Wear and finished at Old Durham.

This part of our journey is to be somewhat easier, as we are at the highest point on our route, but we are not prepared for the ancient cobbled surfaces as SOUTH BAILEY snakes away into the distance. ADAM decides to use the footpaths, a challenge in itself, for they are just a little wider than his wheelchair, with the occasional downspout protruding into the narrow path, it turns out to be as troublesome as MIKE's chosen route along the cobbled street!

May bank holiday Saturday, our team of three set off from Clayport library to travel along the river side to Prebends bridge, where we would return via South & North Bailey, Slater St, Market place & back to Clayport Library.

You may think it is a short, relatively easy journey, but we are in wheelchairs, Adam is confined to an electric wheelchair (he has a muscular disease) I am using a lightweight wheelchair with a hand cycle attachment & a small hub motor for some assistance (I am Mike, I have an amputation & suffer with poor circulation due to diabetes). The third member of our team is JOHN, a frequent visitor to the library, who is a keen walker, with knowledge of the many paths around DURHAM. (He was press-ganged into helping us by BETH).

What I found out is you can play anywhere. So if you look a bit harder when you are walking down to the town or even on your way to work or school or if you catch the train look out for all those tiny little corners where kids could play and just up date me when ever.