Chain Journey!

YES! I am determined to actually take back some kind of control over these projects, and to do that, I want to become part of a chain myself.

Similar to the postcard chain, and to the “Favourite Places in South London” chain I created back in Foundation days, I intend to go on a journey. Taking myself on a tour of the UK’s Favourite Places.

This is the proposed itinerary:

- Go to my fave place (which happens to be home in Kent)
- Find someone there, perhaps a family member, and find out what their favourite place is.
- Document this extensively, and explore the area (illustrations, photography, anecdotes, gathering info in a scrapbook perhaps, film…)
- Depart to the next favourite place somewhere in the UK.
- Once there, repeat the process. Meet someone. Explore. Travel.
- Commence to the next fave place… etc.

I intend to do this for perhaps, 10 favourite places. I will also find a system to link these places. Either with an online community, or by the local authorities, or by the people I meet….

The final outcome for this could be anything from a film, to a book, to a reunion event. We shall see. I’m just extremely excited about going out on the road and getting involved, as up until now, all the projects involve me initiating the idea and retrieving information, rather than creating it myself.

UPDATE: The adventure has been planned for Monday 16th to Friday 20th February. Amelie and I will depart to my favourite place in Kent and start the journey. We’ve also decided, that in the time we have, it is probably a bit ambitious to visit 10 favourite places in the UK in just 5 days…. (considering if someone sends us to Aberdeen, and then someone there sends us back down to Southampton… not very practical!) and so the decision has been made to refine things slightly to…… FAVOURITE PLACES IN ENGLAND (its good to be patriotic!)
I need to plan a lot – how to document, video/camera/drawing/writing… what to take with us….. finances…. journey preparations (maps, on the road music! etc)
I am also quite keen on the idea of linking all the chains I have started so far with this one, by starting the chains along the journey in the different locations. E.g. Starting a photochain with each person I meet at each location in England. Write down ever decision I make along the way…. Might get a bit difficult to juggle all of this though!!

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