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How to Navigate with Spiders’ Webs

October 10, 2018July 3, 2019

Animals help us navigate in lots of ways. They form both compasses and maps for us. The map is formed in a similar way to…

March 10, 2011November 26, 2018

I have just returned from a wonderful couple of days in the Lake District. I was at the ‘Words by the Water’ literary festival in…

December 19, 2009November 26, 2018

Yesterday afternoon I threw the snow off the Land Rover and headed out into the white – I had about half-a-dozen minor outstanding ‘to-do’s for…

October 24, 2009November 26, 2018

It is a pity that I didn’t have a video camera with me to capture the motion in this puddle. The wind was blowing in…

June 25, 2009November 26, 2018

It must take some dedication and effort from the spider to spin their webs, so it is no surprise that they have worked out ways…

March 30, 2009November 26, 2018

On outdoor courses one of the ways that I try to keep participant’s senses sharp is by telling them that I expect them to spot…