Sounds Make a Map
A Guide to Exploring Soundscapes Sounds make a map. Here is an easy exercise to help you hone your understanding of sound maps. It is…
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Which Way Are We Looking? Budleigh Salteron Edition
My thanks to everyone who joined me for my talk on The Secret World of Weather at the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival on Friday. It…
Nature’s Clues & Signs – Polzeath
During a week’s family holiday in Polzeath, North Cornwall, we enjoyed a six-day heatwave (yes, a high pressure system sat over us). I slipped away…
Which Way Are We Looking?
Which direction are we looking in the picture above? Spoiler alert… answer next… Answer: 1 Point for W. 2 Points for WNW. The snow has…
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…
Lichens are a Sign of Fresh Air
I can think of no other organism with the modesty of lichens. They add richness to every outdoor scene, yet seek little recognition and get…
Naturally Navigating Dartmoor
The Foggiest Idea by Tom Vanderbilt. Published in Outside Magazine December 2010. I’VE LATELY COME to the realization that my whole sense of direction has been slipping…
Weldon Church Lighthouse
Weldon Church in Northamptonshire used to be surrounded by dense woods that were hard to navigate and led to many poor souls getting lost. The…
Lateral Thinking
The other day a friend explained to me that they had a lovely neighbour, a dear old lady who always really entered into the spirit…