Here We Go!
Three days until the book is officially published, but you can get your hands on an early copy, if you can make it to Bristol,…
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New Event, Advance Notice – Hay Festival
New Event, advance notice: An illustrated talk on Wild Signs and Star Paths at Hay Festival, Thursday May 31 at 5.30pm More info: https://www.hayfestival.com/p-13987-ristan-ooley.aspx UPDATE:…
Adventure Logistics
My thanks to Tim and Laura Moss, who braved the elements on Bignor Hill yesterday afternoon. They found themselves wrapping up warm and staring into…
The Condry Lecture 2010
Here is a link to a treat: a transcript of Jim Perrin’s lecture at the Condry Festival in Machynlleth.
West London Aero Club
My thanks to all who came to my talk at the West London Aero Club at White Waltham last night. It was great to get…
Uckfield Festival
Great to see so many willing to take on the heat of the summer on Sunday at the Uckfield Festival. My day started with a…
Marine Studios
A belated thank you to everyone who came to my talk at the Marine Studios in Margate a week ago, and another thanks to those…
Camping at the Hay Festival
Last night we got back from a family camping trip to a site near the Hay Festival in Herefordshire. It was my first visit to…
Daphne du Maurier Festival
I really enjoyed giving a talk to a wonderful audience at the Daphne du Maurier Festival this morning, in the beautiful coastal town of Fowey.…
The Outdoors Show
Thanks to everyone who came to hear my talks and buy the book at the Outdoors Show yesterday. I will be giving the talks again…
Destinations
I have just found out what my plans for Sunday are, and they do not involve roast lunches, watching Narnia for the sixty-second time or…
Travellers’ Tales Festival
I was at the Royal Geographical Society for the Travellers’ Tales Festival yesterday, to give a talk about my book. Less than a fortnight until…
Men, Women, Boys, Girls and the Sixth Sense
This morning I gave a talk to 30 pupils in Year 1 at my son’s school. Much scarier than talking to 500 people at the…
The Great Escape
Many thanks to Tessa for this email. Uplifting story and so much more real than some of the dusty books about ancient astronomy that I…
Om Shanti Shanti
Yesterday was a day of walks. A family walk to a secret ruin in the morning and then my wife and I went for a…
Friday’s Course and Tennis Courts
I have just been sent some photos from a private course I ran in the South Downs on Friday afternoon. The three navigators were Dom,…
Yesterday’s Course
A fun and full day for the Beginner’s Guide course at the RGS yesterday. I had been worried about the heat, but nobody seemed to…
Expedition: Africa
I watched the History Channel’s ‘Expedition: Africa’ last night, a retake on Stanley’s expedition to find Livingstone. It is quite enjoyable if a bit ‘light’,…
The Earth’s Rich Library
This just in… Tristan Many thanks for a fantastic day yesterday. I learnt so much and was stimulated also by the opportunity to apply what…
