Marvin Creamer Monument
For those who do not yet know the name, Marvin Creamer, he is the American sailor, “noted for having sailed around the globe without the…
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Usnea Lichens and Moss Patterns
Just back from a family camper-vanning trip to the New Forest and Dartmoor. In Dartmoor I returned to an old favourite, Wistman’s Wood, where the…
Parallax, Judging Distances and Blowpipes
An email just in: Hi there Tristan, Just finished the book…..Excellent. In it you mention parallax [in a section about how you judge distances by…
Cricket Wicket Alignment
Thank you to everyone who came to my talk and on the walk at The Good Life Experience festival in Flintshire on Sunday – great…
The Great Outdoors Mystery
To celebrate the publishing in the US of ‘The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs‘, I have written the following short piece. The Great Outdoors…
Credit where it’s due… in the Chianti vineyards
I end a lot of my courses, walks and talks with the joke, “You’ve now unwittingly signed up to be part of my extended research…
Snail Trails
My thanks to everyone who came to my talk at the Lichfield Festival on Tuesday. A wonderful audience and enjoyably challenging questions. An additional thanks…
Innocent Unplugged Festival
Thank you to everyone who came to my talk at the Innocent Unplugged festival in Kent – a fun crowd and brilliant questions. What a…
An Email from Canada
Occasionally I post some of the wonderfully varied and international correspondence I receive (with permission). My thanks to Paul at BushcraftCanada.com for this little gem…
Darting About
My thanks to all who came to the talk in Princetown, organised by the Dartmoor National Park Authority, on Tuesday. Great audience, lots of love…
Sun Dogs and Leaping Lambs
I’m just back from an evening stroll in the Peak District, catching the last of the sun. On my walk I met some leaping lambs…
Weather Forecasting with Bees
My thanks to Michael Adam, a bee keeper for contributing to the discussion about the relationship between bees and weather. After reading the page on…
National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC), Fareham
I’m just back from a visit to the fresh National Maritime Operations Centre in Fareham. This is the new national headquarters of HM Coastguard and…
Men and Women Navigation Differences
Controversy Alert! I’ve written in the past about differences in male and female navigational ability, but there is a new and inflammable study out. Tribes…
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…
Nobel Prize to ‘Human GPS’ Scientists
This week three scientists were recognised for their work on understanding the human brain’s ‘internal GPS system’, when they were awarded a Nobel Prize for…
Starry Night over the Rhone
I’m currently reading an amazing biography of Vincent van Gogh, by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. It’s funny how, when you read about a…