Bovine Headlines
Navigation may fill my working hours, but even I couldn’t pretend that it is a high profile topic. Last week however a story about cows…
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An Old Friend
Bit of an early start this morning for a busy day in London, but there was consolation in a constellation. Forgive me. I saw Orion…
A Rich Soup
I regularly find myself balancing the scientific explanations for something, natural observations of the same thing, historical accounts and even folklore. It can be a…
Navigation Courses
A blog is not a blog without an occasional rant, so… It strikes me that the world of navigation training has strayed a little off…
Equal joys, Different Reasons
Everywhere I go at the moment I am reminded of cycles. Not the type that the Dutch and Boris Johnson are so keen on, no,…
Tide and the Big Clock
Time and navigation have a cosy relationship, as John Harrison, inventor of the chronometer that cracked the longitude problem in the 18th Century would attest.…
Slippery Shadows
Trying to be positive when there have only been a brace of sunbeams all August so far, I have been tinkering with the overcast shadow…
Churches and Runways
I have found myself at airports a lot recently and it occurred to me that there is not very much to inspire those interested in…
Rain Clouds and Wrongwayitis
I’ve been reading accounts from British light aircraft pilots who have experienced difficulty in orienting themselves when flying in the southern hemisphere. The reason for…