Samuel Pepys and his Moon Compass
From an entry in Samuel Pepys’ diary on Saturday 19th August 1665: So to Stanes and there by this time it was dark night, and…
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Ann Cleeves Lost in Fog
Ann Cleeves, bestselling author of crime novels and creator of characters, like Vera Stanhope, that are now familiar to millions more through their TV adaptions,…
How to Find Your Way Out of a Maze or Labyrinth
There is a simple method for finding your way out of a maze or labyrinth: Touch the wall or hedge with the hand nearest to…
Jamaica Inn
After giving a talk to a lovely audience at the Poly in Falmouth last week, I stopped at that famous haunt of smugglers, Jamaica Inn,…
Saved by the Moon
Below is a short extract from Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s classic of exploration literature, The Worst Journey in the World. This passage contains several valuable and interesting…
Watches, Time and the Art of Not Getting Lost
On courses and at the end of talks, I regularly get asked about how we can use our watch as a compass. There are two…
The Snowdrop Theory
The Winter Clues Competition draws to a close tomorrow (still 24 hours to enter). For reasons I will explain in a few weeks, I’m not…
Lost in a Joke
Something a bit different today. My thanks to Gary Gray for sending on this joke about being lost. Time is like a river. You cannot…
Walking in Circles
I am often asked about the tendency of people to walk in circles when lost. Here is an explanation of what happens. 1) If people…