Moon and Latitude
Another very enjoyable Beginner’s Guide to Natural Navigation course at the Royal Geographical Society yesterday. The diversity of interests and experiences never fails to amaze…
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Cardamom Coffee
A couple of weeks ago I promised to write up the story of my afternoon with the Bedouin. The article can be found here.
The Outdoors Show
Thanks to everyone who came to hear my talks and buy the book at the Outdoors Show yesterday. I will be giving the talks again…
A Moon Tease
A beautiful six day old moon is hanging high in the sky at the moment. There are some weird, wonderful and slightly complex ways of…
Oxford Literary Festival
Another enjoyable Beginner’s Guide to Natural Navigation course at the RGS yesterday. In attendance: a patent attorney, paraglider pilot, academic, film maker, doctor, retiree, vet,…
A Global Feast
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…
Geminid Watching
A restless night for lots of reasons, but that did at least allow some good Geminid-watching. Most meteor, ie. shooting star, showers occur when Earth…
Corvus and Crater
First thing this morning our bathroom was bright with diffused light from the blinds that had been filled with moonlight from the west. I put…
I Caught a Glimpse of Orion Last Night…
…and he was high in the sky, which reminded me of one of the simplest and most beautiful of natural navigational celestial techniques. Orion is…