How to Find Direction Using Tree Bark
The wind, rain and sun do not affect all sides of trees equally. This creates patterns on the trees’ bark that we can use to…
The wind, rain and sun do not affect all sides of trees equally. This creates patterns on the trees’ bark that we can use to…
With bumps on the road, hopefully each year we grow more enlightened in our view of nature and our relationship with it. But there is…
I live in the chalk hills of the South Downs. On my daily walks over these hills I am always greeted by familiar alkaline-loving flora.…
Moss is probably the best known natural navigation indicator in the world. It is also excellent at demonstrating how easy it is to go wrong…
Just back from a family camper-vanning trip to the New Forest and Dartmoor. In Dartmoor I returned to an old favourite, Wistman’s Wood, where the…
Moss means moisture, which can sometimes help with direction. The moss on this tree is growing on the north side, but it takes a surprising…
This is a photo of the top of a historical stone post, known as a ‘staddle stone‘. Staddle stones were used to build barns off…
No single piece of natural navigation is better known than ‘moss grows on the north side of trees’. It therefore sometimes surprises people when I…
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…