Agoraphobics Look Away Now
A friend has just sent over a thought for the day: ‘Put three grains of sand in a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be…
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The Sound of Humidity
It has been an interesting week so far. The website went live a couple of weeks ago, but this week has been about raising awareness.…
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…
Chichester Lightning
The skies above the Natural Navigator last night as he tried to devise an ingenious new method to catch a pair of errant chickens. (Picture…
Desert of Information
Back from holiday to me means back to the joys and evils of modern life. In the remotest part of south Brittany where we had…
Waves of Confusion
This morning, as our Land Rover rolled onto the Brittany ferry, or MV Bretagne as she likes to be called, I had a cunning plan.…
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…
Nature and Vomit
Our summer holiday was at last beginning and all the joys and trepidations of a family outing with small children concentrated themselves into the lower…
Good Day Out for the Missus
HRH the Duke of Edinburgh was kind enough to take time out to present me with a Royal Institute of Navigation Award this afternoon. At…