An evening in Brighton for the Banff Mountain Film Festival Tour.
An evening in Brighton for the Banff Mountain Film Festival Tour.
It started as any walk should, with the discovery that the entire contents of my Kleen Kanteen flask had emptied itself inside my rucksack. My jacket, gloves and everything else I knew I would need that day were drenched in coffee.
Now, that’s how to start a newsletter.
This evisceration of worldly experience is evident in news stories of people dismayed to find themselves suddenly sharing their spaces with other animals. My anti-favourites include ‘Vicious badger roams Scots school grounds as farmer warns parents’ (Daily Record), ‘Man calls 999 because he’s scared of a hedgehog’ (ITV News), and ‘Rewilding of Horsham Park a “mad idea” amid fears long grass could house “lots of insects’ (Sussex Express).
— From Groundbreakers by Chantal Lyons 📚
Cold, frosty and misty Sunday morning in the South Downs.


If you’re contemplating getting into (or back into) blogging for the New Year, micro.one might be worth a look. Blogging with fediverse compatibility — for $1 a month.
Headline only RSS feeds are an abomination.
It’s update your Apple devices day: bug fixes for iPhones and iPads.
How I escaped my desk, and spent the day at WWT Arundel:
Stunning wintry photos from Chris Townsend.