The Difference Between Mist and Fog
Thank you to everyone who has come to my talks on How to Read Water recently. The morning after the Dartmoor talk, I took the…
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Contrail Shadows
My thanks to Alan Gibson, author of the Urbane Forager blog and book, for sending me these great images of a contrail shadow. (Contrails are…
Joshua Slocum and the Birds
My thanks to Pertti Pesonen for reminding me of these passages in Joshua Slocum’s classic, ‘Sailing Alone Around the World’: On the 12th, some hundred…
From Top to Bottom
I usually encourage people to scan for outdoor clues by looking from top to bottom – astronomy, weather, ground – and the reason can be…
Sharpening Skills at the Start and End of the Day
Just before you see the sun rise in the morning or just after it has set for you in the evening, try to work out…
The Cloud Compass
Happy Winter Solstice One and All! Here’s an interesting solstice fact for you: the Earth is actually receiving more solar radiation at this time of…
Cloudscapes and Weather Lore
I took this picture a few minutes ago. For those of you interested in these sorts of cloudscapes then here is a good tip for…
Big Game Hunting
Sometimes I feel like a big game hunter. Not a very good one though, as the idea of shooting the last white rhino, or whatever…