Two years ago, almost to the day, Green Screen, Alhambra in Penrith premiered Rosa Prosser’s short film of View from the River’s Big Swim: Eden, Source to Sea. So it was very special for us to be in that space again, watching the brilliant Rave on for the Avon , reflecting on all that’s happened in the year since. Confession – this was our second viewing of Charlotte Sawyer’s film, a ‘joyous documentary about Bristol’s clean water campaigners’. (Guardian film review, Wed 22 nd Jan)....

I hope to bring a perspective that’s often missing from environmental storytelling. One that captures the love and connection to nature that campaigners are fighting to protect, not just the fight itself.

Our Bristol Avon has been truly magical this autumn. Hues of reds and orange shift daily and swimmers delight in wading through the leaves as the water drops from nippy to cold. Our community has poured even more love into this swimming spot since I finished Rave On For The Avon. If you've seen my documentary you will remember Chris who has lovingly build swimming infrastructure around a 'no swimming sign' put up by the council...which we all ignore! Chris walks his dog every day along the...