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…
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Blindsight
There is an extraordinary story in today’s Times. A blind man has navigated his way around an obstacle course without using touch, using a skill…
Winter Solstice
Today is the winter solstice. I would love to give you a long blog entry, but unfortunately this is not possible as I am too…
A Confession
On Monday night I gave my lecture, ‘Travel and Exploration: a new direction?’ to the Royal Geographical Society. I really enjoyed it, but with about…
The Bird Poo Compass
My camera ventured out with me for a short run this morning, I was feeling confident that I might spot some attractive frost patterns…
The Frost Compass
This picture was taken yesterday morning. The frost line on the top of my Land Rover runs close to a north-south line. The morning sun…
Otherworldliness
Venus and Jupiter will be hanging low in the southwestern sky shortly after dusk over the coming days. A solitary planet that is not expected…
Southern Sun and Christmas Fun
If someone had casually asked me to draw up a list of the people I was most likely to use as sources for my blogging…
Barchans and Yardangs
One of the tricks of desert navigation is remembering that wind direction is never entirely random and over time is actually quite dependable. If we…