[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-kevin-in-devon-bbc-spotlight-exetreme-imagination-festival-2018":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Kevin was on telly! Swirling and swooping about the tors, as he does. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/563038_original-2e07f53603.jpg\" width=\"550\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here are his creators, trying to appear as much like Legends as possible, and looking out for their roly-poly friend.  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/563678_original-a36b9b6ff2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by Stuart Pyle\u003C/font>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nAh, there's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/the-legend-of-kevin/\">Kevin\u003C/a>, nestled among Bonehill Rocks. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/563966_original-332527b2c6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Plushie Kevin created by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/chloe_applin\">Chloe Applin\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nHere are \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Emma_Ruminski\">Emma Ruminski\u003C/a> and Stewart the cameraman, who interviewed us and shot footage for BBC Spotlight. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/564100_original-951a0fac4c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd publicist \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LoisNina\">Philippa Perry\u003C/a>, who set up the whole thing, and my husband, Stuart, who ran around taking photos, looking after the dog and being generally helpful and amazing. Thanks to you all! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/564255_original-8bf219fb3e.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nYes, I am wearing a ballgown on the moor, this is standard Dartmoor apparel... \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/563252_original-ac380a5cb9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Emma_Ruminski\">Emma Ruminski\u003C/a>\u003C/font>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nHere's Frodo, the Reeve family's poodle, giving me a Long Look before I went out. He's not used to seeing massive frocks. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/569284_original-619771e2c9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd then we hit the streets of Exeter! Here are am, doing my best Imperator Voluminosa pose. (We decided that was my new stage name after seeing airport signs for 'heavy luggage' in Sardinia.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/566354_original-dec907b281.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by Philip Reeve\u003C/font>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nWe did a \u003Ci>Legend of Kevin\u003C/i> stage event for \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/exetremewriting\">Exetreme Imagination festival\u003C/a> at the excellent Exeter Phoenix Arts centre. Here we are, getting the audience to help us turn a drawing of Kevin into a story. (The picture in the background is actually a tiny bit of driftwood that Philip drew the original Kevin on, way back in the 1980s when he lived in Brighton.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/564525_original-4ed2e5eae2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by Alexandra Green \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SouthbySW\">@SouthbySW\u003C/a> on Twitter\u003C/font>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nOf course, we got everyone drawing! Here are some of their lovely fat flying ponies. (You can \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/the-legend-of-kevin/\">learn how to draw Kevin here on my website\u003C/a>.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/565149_original-0832f274e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/565320_original-de0019c165.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/564768_original-5f4568c110.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/565602_original-6735795d5c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nBig thanks to organiser \u003Cb>Debra Myhill\u003C/b> and Exetreme Imagination festival for inviting us, and \u003Cb>Elspeth Graham\u003C/b> for helping us to present awards to children who'd won prizes in a writing competition. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/566004_original-a48398a964.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd thanks to \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Credbooks\">Crediton Community Bookshop\u003C/a> for providing books for people to read! \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/566202_original-b748c37cb7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nRight, now a few more photos from the trip... doing events in the west country is always such a good excuse to have a stomp around on Dartmoor. I was so glad Stuart could come along this time! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/566570_original-7a09a972ce.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe autumn light there is amazing, all orange-y on the bracken. On Saturday, Philip had a Mortal Engines event in Exeter, so Sarah Reeve, Stuart and I went on a great 13-mile hike. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/567206_original-dbc88aeba7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's a little look at Dartmoor wildlife... I love the Dartmoor ponies. Here I am with one, having a bit of a love-in. They tend to be quite skittish, but this one let me pet him. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/567353_original-22c7513b51.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHeart-breakingly cute Highland calf: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/567617_original-551c7a88ca.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAhhhhh - another one! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/567940_original-38185e7817.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's Stuart with the Poodle of the Baskervilles. Very fierce, he is, all trimmed and perfumed from the hairdresser. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/568081_original-e4b81f607a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks so much for looking after us, Sarah & Philip! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/568389_original-c42883c149.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nRight before we went home, Stuart and I had lunch near Exeter station, at a pub that looked right out of his \u003Ci>Mortal Engines\u003C/i>, possibly the Gasbag & Gondola:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/568587_original-893c09292f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe biggest thanks to Stuart, for all his patience during this busy month of touring! And for wearing the brightly coloured shirts I buy for him, they look terrific. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/568872_original-5c62c42adf.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2018-10-23T16:02:00.000Z","kevin-in-devon-bbc-spotlight-exetreme-imagination-festival-2018",[],"kevin in devon: bbc spotlight & exetreme imagination festival 2018",1776628729844]