I have commented before on the sensation of ‘wrongwayitis’, that is a feeling that we are heading the wrong way when the sky is brighter in a direction that jars with our expectations. Travelling to the ‘other’ hemisphere from our home one, north or south, is the most likely reason for people to experience it.
This effect can be caused by artificial changes as well as natural ones and it affects not just humans, but other animals and also plants. I received an email recently from someone I had trained last year on a Pathfinder course. They had spotted something on holiday that puzzled them initially until they cracked it:
‘We spent our time in Majorca soaking up some rays. Interestingly I was looking at some trees that were leaning across the pavement forcing us to duck or walk in the road. The first thing that crossed my mind was why they were…
