Water-pepper, Persicaria hydropiper
Water-pepper, Persicaria hydropiper, is a bitter tasting map-maker. It is an inconspicuous annual plant, but it is useful to natural navigators. It grows up to…
Tag: How to Read Water
Cross Hatch Wave Pattern
This is a video for readers of the book How to Read Water. Notice how a cross-hatch pattern forms where the waves meet on this…
Learning about the Moon by Watching the Thames
An extraordinary guest article by John Pahl. I love looking at the night’s sky, following the movement of the Moon and stars across the sky.…
How to Smell Rain
A wonderful guest article today by Milo Carnegie Mee. Of the plethora of smells that greet our noses when we are outdoors, the redolence of…
How to Navigate with Lombardy Poplars
There are three types of tree in any landscape: friends, guests and rebels. Every tree is native, invasive or planted. Native trees have been part…
Transit Lines
My favourite signs always combine simplicity, elegance and practicality. They are often so effective that technology can’t improve on them. Cats’ Paws, the ruffled patterns…
The Glitter Path
A ‘glitter path’ is light reflected off water from a low sun, moon or other bright object. Glitter paths help us to read water because…
The Sorting by Sea Currents
Sea currents sort objects according to size, shape and weight. There is a documented case of left Wellington boots from a lost container washing up…