How to Navigate with Lombardy Poplars
There are three types of tree in any landscape: friends, guests and rebels. Every tree is native, invasive or planted. Native trees have been part…
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Great Mullein Marks Roads
Cracking email in from Canada… Hi Tristan Excellent newsletter, thanks very much! Just thought I would mention something I noticed while out in the Hills…
Natural Navigation and Mapmaking – A Special Webinar
The following short video was made specially for the Royal Institute of Navigation.
Exciting Developments…
After three very hot, but satisfying days filming in the hills and woods of West Sussex, I’m delighted to be able to announce that an…
Sun Tunnels and the Solstice
A Guest Post by Nik Huggins. As nature lovers and navigators throughout the northern hemisphere celebrate the summer solstice, our minds may drift to the…
Which Way Are We Looking?
This photo was taken in West Sussex, southern England. Which Way Are We Looking? Spoiler Alert… Here comes the answer… Traditionally… The highest point of…
Father’s Day Gift Ideas
My US publisher, The Experiment, got in touch today to remind me that it is Father’s Day on Sunday. They also sent me this nice…
Noctilucent Clouds
A guest blog post today, from John Pahl: If you were to ask me what my favourite cloud would be, I wouldn’t hesitate: it has…
Transit Lines
My favourite signs always combine simplicity, elegance and practicality. They are often so effective that technology can’t improve on them. Cats’ Paws, the ruffled patterns…