4. Group Conversations 1 Douglas: Well one of the main things about today was having someone to talk to that knew what they were talking about. Normally as part of my courses I'd be taking them up to the Kettley Stone and I'd be telling them what little I know and it's good to, you know, just to knock some ideas around. What was the million dollar question, you know: What are these things? Let's start from there. Half a hour, once that question was asked â so many threads.
5. Group Conversations 2 John: Iâve seen some rock art on Doddington. What was interesting today was it was with a group of people whoâd come to look at it. And lots of questions were raised about what youâre looking at, whereas if youâre doing it by yourself or with just a couple of friends, half the questions that were raised today would never have occurred to us. So it felt much more informed.
7. Sense of Touch 2 Karin: I felt touching it was really important. I felt like it was really made to my scale. It was made by humans, and it was made by humans like me. And my heels fitted into the holes and my hands fitted into the holes and it really felt like I could relate to that with my body. And that was really special.Â
8. Connecting with the Past 1 Catherine: I was just thinking whatâs coming across to me at the moment is you know, the context as well. And it being a multisensory experience where you can almost get in touch with the rock and the setting and the views, you know, you have the fresh air. Personally when Iâve been up on the hill Iâm kind of almost constantly wondering, what did this place look like when this was made? What kind of landscape did they see? How did they relate to it? And of course these questions almost never really know the answer to, itâs kind of connects you with the past really.
9. Connecting with the Past 2 Anita: By the time we got to this one, I started to realise that you could see where the tools had gone in. But not only just that, but you then look out and you think of the person who was doing that. Â And what the landscape looked like then. You start to connect back. By directly touching, you are touching something that somebody 6000 years ago touched. And that's just wonderful to be able to do that.