28 April 2010 by Tristan Gooley
I woke very early this morning and felt restless so headed into the Downs for a walk. I listened to the Shipping Forecast in the car on the way, feeling instantly integrated into the fragmented dawn community of fishermen and farmers.
There were some spectacular sights as the sun rose and fought back the mist over the Arun Valley. The views were filled with colour experiments too as the pinks and oranges of the sky rose in a crescendo that battled with the whites and greens closer to the ground. In the end the orange clashed too grossly with the yellows of a field of rapeseed and I had to look away.
Yesterday afternoon I received the following email from a young navigator called Luke Hardy:
This Saturday, just gone, myself and two friends went on our local walking competition – the Charnwood Hike. The aim is to complete…
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Tags: Arun Valley, charnwood hike, compass, dawn, farmers, fishermen, map, mist, shipping forecast, sunrise |
02 November 2009 by Tristan Gooley
This just in from Richard Webber, Natural Navigator alumnus, researcher and correspondent:
‘After a long walk round Mam Tor and Lose Hill near Castleton, we
rested in a café for tea and slices of Derbyshire curd pudding.
Having been infected with the “Which Way Is South” Virus I was drawn
to the tree near by – see the pic. Half still had leaves while half
didn’t. My hypothesis was that the south facing side would hold its
leaves longer – given more light and warmth. I checked the map to get
a feel for where south was and, indeed, the leafy side was facing due
south. Looking at the branch structure I think this points to the
north being on the left of the picture where the branches seem to
growing more upwards than outwards – as on the leafy,…
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Tags: branch structure, castleton, derbyshire, leaves, length of day, lose hill, mam tor, map, tree north south |
