Equinox Shadows
An engaging group for the Beginner’s Guide to Natural Navigation course at the Royal Geographical Society yesterday. Diverse in age and interests as always. When…
Category: Sun
Happy Equinox
At eighteen minutes past ten tonight, neither the north pole nor the south will be pointing towards or away from the sun and the sun…
The Dawn Sun, Sliding South
Another cracking dawn. There were four Roe deer in our neighbouring field, but sadly they scarpered before I got to my camera. I don’t actually…
The Sun’s Green Flash
Regular blog readers will know that I am a bit of a fan of Robert Pirsig’s book, ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance‘. I’m…
Staying in Touch
Apologies all blog readers. Firstly the last post wasn’t really fair. The picture quality isn’t good enough to be able to tell that the grasses…
Midnight Sun
Sticking with a midsummer theme for another day, I came across this picture today. It was taken in a place called Uttakleiv in northern Norway.…
Happy Summer Solstice
Happy Summer Solstice everyone. Sunrise and sunset will be closer to north than east or west at this time of year for most of Scotland.…
Weather to Go East
The two pictures above show two sides of the same bridleway signpost on the South Downs Way. The arrows both point east and there is…
Moss on Northern Sunny Side
As we approach the summer solstice the sun has so much north in it that no side of buildings, trees or other exposed areas will…