Roll up, Roll up, Get Your Wild Places Here!
A Christmas present that I hesitate to share, or even share the idea of… is ‘Britain and Ireland’s Best Wild Places’ book. It does exactly…
Category: Plants
The Lichen Few
A little over a month ago I promised to look at how trees have brown or ‘tanned’ looking lichen on their north side in this…
In the South Downs nobody can hear you scream…
During a navigation exercise in the South Downs last week, I ducked under an arch formed by a large fallen beech and then got stuck.…
The Many Faces of Chichester Cross
Chichester Cross is a slightly mysterious stone construction at the heart of my home town. It has been around for five hundred years or more…
Leonardo’s Tree Compass
Leonardo da Vinci is among the great and the good to have noted that tree growth is not symmetrical, it is heavily influenced by the…
Heat, Wind and Chillies
When talking about heat and wind in the context of chillies, there is a risk that we might start to think some very un-navigational thoughts……
Slightly Fickle Moss
Having spent the morning organising images for upcoming courses, I was reminded of a regular problem with learning anything practical from nature. There is a…
Top Secret
There is a scene in the 80s spoof movie Top Secret where Val Kilmer is busy painting the scene from a moving train. We later…