How to Navigate Using the Upper Winds and Clouds
I have written in the past about the basics of using the weather to navigate. Here I’d like to offer a couple of tips to…
Tag: find direction
Which Way Are We Looking?
I took the dogs into the woods for their walk this morning. Whilst trying a shortcut through some understory trees and undergrowth, something gave me…
Using Ferns to Find Direction
If you enjoy woodland walks, you will have come across plenty of ferns, probably including bracken. The next time you see a stand of ferns…
Frost Shadows and Compasses
It is that time of year when nature likes to get out her frost compasses for us to admire. I took this photo last Friday…
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…
Tin Bird Trails
We may never know the exact method that the earliest explorers used to find their way, but there is a friendly finger of suspicion that…
Moss and Lichen Compass
I thought you might enjoy this picture I took a week ago of lichen and moss growing on a disused fountain in a garden in…
Chilli Compass
Trees are the easiest plants to read to find direction, but one of my chilli plants is also doing a fine job. It has been…