Adam, Outdoors

Walking With Daddy A blog about instilling a love of nature and the great outdoors into my daughters.

Been doing a little fiddling with the theme on Walking With Daddy, now it’s all @ghost.org 6.0 compliant.

Feeling very happy with it.

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WTF @wordpress.org – cmd+K to insert a link, as it has been for years, still visible in the toolbar tooltips, but when I type it I get this? Tell me this is a "me" problem and I can fix it myself, please.

A photograph I took of a particularly handsome bumblebee who is interested in neither the latest AR trends, crypto currency nor owning an SUV

Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business.

Late Summer at Woods Mill Secret dens and dirty hands at the Sussex nature reserve

Spending some quality late summer time with my girls and the local nature reserve.

The Hard Way

Started reading: The Hard Way by Susannah Walker 📚

I think I’ll pass it on to my eldest daughter when I’m done.

A delicate spider web hangs intricately between the branches, with a backdrop of blurred green foliage.

Stunning work there, Mr Spider.

The Accidental Garden

Currently reading: The Accidental Garden by Richard Mabey 📚

Starting to work my way through the Wainwright Prize shortlist.

Social media floored by Anna Wintour leaving Vogue: "Recession indicator" "The fashion version of Beyoncé quitting music."

Anna Wintour leaving Vogue:

"Vogue editor-in-chief of 37 years and fashion mogul icon Anna Wintour will step down after the magazine’s next cover release. The inspiration for The Devil Wears Prada will conti... https://fieldnotes.walkingwithdaddy.com/2025/06/27/anna-wintour-leaving-vogue-vogue.html

Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers To Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, and all other publishers of America: We are standing on a precipice. At its simplest level, our job as …

Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers:

"At its simplest level, our job as artists is to respond to the human experience. But the art we make is a commodity, and our world wants things quickly, cheap... https://fieldnotes.walkingwithdaddy.com/2025/06/27/against-ai-an-open-letter.html

The Long Man & Friends: Sacred Sussex

Started reading: The Long Man & Friends: Sacred Sussex by Philip Carr-Gomm, David Bramwell 📚

A book titled "The Cuckoo's Lea" is placed on a wooden bench in an outdoor setting with trees and a building in the background.

A book with bird silhouettes on the fore-edge is standing on a wooden surface with a blurred natural background.

Started reading: The Cuckoo’s Lea by Michael J. Warren 📚

Picked up one of the special independent bookshop editions from the Steyning Bookshop.

A stork is perched in a nest on a tall tree, with its chicks around. A crow is sat on a nearby branch.

Stalking the storks at Knepp.

#mbjune day 1: Tree 📷

A stork flying overhead at Knepp.

The treasurer speaking the the Friends of the South Downs AGM.

Spending the morning at the @friendssouthdowns.bsky.social AGM. Important to have organisations fighting for these places - but also important to engage with how they’re run.…

Waters of Life

Started reading: Waters of Life by Tom Bowser 📚

(It’s just out, from @argatyredkites.bsky.social and @birlinn.bsky.social. And I am literally taking it, a cup of coffee and a sandwich into the garden to get stuck in!)

A book titled "Waters of Life" by Tom Bowser, featuring a beaver, is displayed on a cardboard package.

I do love a book full of beavers.

Just arrived, and I can’t wait to dive in…

We’re sorry to hear that Henley Swim has stopped trading and won’t be running events this year.

Today we’re thinking of the swimmers missing out on an iconic event, and the Henley Swim team we’ve enjoyed working alongside.

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Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh eyes

Rowan Williams on David Attenborough:

"There are people who seem to think concern for the natural world somehow sidelines characteristically human concerns. David Attenborough makes it clear deep attenti... https://fieldnotes.walkingwithdaddy.com/2025/05/04/rowan-williams-on-david-attenborough.html

Lovely up on the South Downs this morning:

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#InternationalDawnChorusDay

A seagull is flying above crashing waves and rocks on a pebble beach.

Shoreham Beach, 6.45am, Easter Sunday

Travel from most countries to the US is dropping under Trump.

This is a presidency with no understanding of complexity. The second and third order effects of what they’re doing will be more and more painful to the average American.

A white flower with green leaves is nestled next to lush green moss.

Spring anemone.

Kingley Vale: a first walk Images from our inaugural walk in the nature reserve

Our first visit to Kingley Vale.

A weathered metal surface with multiple colorful stickers displayed. From left to right: a black circular sticker with white text reading "Escape the Dash Collective Everyday," a cartoon sticker of a character wearing a beanie labeled "2K," a black and white stylized face, a bold red and white sticker that says "Wald Seite" with a neon green label over it reading "#WeToldYouSo," a round sticker of a bee with the word "trespass" above it, a sticker showing a surreal white creature on a blue sky background labeled "Hit Clouds," and a sticker depicting a silhouette of a castle or tower with the word "leyline" below it.

Interesting selection of stickers, found rather randomly on a Sussex gate.

A theater audience is gathered for an event with a large screen on stage displaying "WELCOME" and "BANFF 2025."

Back at the Brighton Dome for the Blue Film Programme of the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival world tour.

A lush green field with tire tracks stretches toward a line of bare trees under a clear blue sky.

I think spring is finally here.

Bringing Back the Beaver

"When you are young and naive you think the professionals involved will sit down soberly, look at the evidence wisely and then labour long to achieve a good end based on sound science and experience. As you get older y... https://fieldnotes.walkingwithdaddy.com/2025/04/06/when-you-are-young-and.html