#standingstonesunday Not ancient, but the art installation at Luton Henge. Friday, I spent a few hours with some new collaborative partners, talking about the archaeological time depth of this place. More to come on this! Luton Henge - Revoluton share.google/dKYs8BaS3jS3...

Great thanks to Dr Pete Hommel @liverpooluni.bsky.social for a wonderful workshop. Very useful, certainly for me, and I imagine for all who attended. Great to come away energised and sharing ideas with so many people doing heritage outreach as part of the job!

CHAP has been invited to a prestigious global workshop at the University of Liverpool- entilted Heritage: Outreach, Regionality, Stewardship and Empowerment (HORSE) to contribute lessons learned from collaborative work. Its clear the organisers love an acronym as much as I do 😎🐎🐴

Did you catch NBY's Martha on Countryfile last Sunday? Vick Hope joined us on the sparkling Hamble Brook with CCSP to do a RiverFly kick sample, and discuss the transformative restoration work that has given the river its voice back.  . @chapcic.bsky.social  @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

Kudos to the team from @buckscouncil.bsky.social heritage team. Wonderful session at the #CiFA conference in Edinburgh. Papers worked very well together, like a coordinated orchestra and it was privilege to be asked to speak. Collaborative work IS the way forward; nature and heritage are allies!

The session is about to start, with @buckscouncil.bsky.social hosting. CHAP is second speaker...a good slot to have. (Post lunch can be hard work!!)

CHAP is doing some work with @wildlifebcn.org Youth Rangers in July - for @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Festival of Archaeology, and if you are in the #Bedfordshire area and 12-17yo, you can join us! www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...

Heading to Edinburgh this morning to present at the CiFA conference tomorrow. It's a session about working with ecologically minded folk and working to ensure heritage has a meaningful seat at the Nature Recovery table. My paper? Chalk & Cheese?: Cross-specialism collaboration in the Chilterns

Our training excavation this year runs from 30 Aug - 18Sep... Conveniently not clashing with lots of other great summer excavations whilst also avoiding those scorching July days 😁 Please share! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archaeolog... This year we are in North Herts at a very special LIA/Roman site

This year's theme for @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Festival of Archaeology is Archaeology & Nature. CHAP has been busy this week planning events with @nationaltrust.org.uk @wildlifebcn.org & naturalengland.bsky.social In David Attenborough's 100th year, I can't think of anything more fitting!