Back From Borneo
I have recently returned from an expedition to the heart of Borneo. There were three stages: 3 flights and 8 days in small boats to…
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Men, Women, Navigation and Radio 4
The latest issue of Navigation News (The magazine of the Royal Institute of Navigation) contains an opinion piece I wrote on two contentious subjects. I’ve…
Country Tracks BBC1
Welcome to those of you who have found your way here, on the trail from BBC1’s Country Tracks. (For those of you who haven’t, a…
The Pocket Guide is Out!
The Natural Navigator Pocket Guide is out now! Who is this book for? How does it differ from the original book? How big is it?…
Der natürliche Kompass
The Natural Navigator has gone on sale in Germany! Der natürliche Kompass, Mit allen Sinnen unterwegs.
Tongues of Ice
I’m just back from six days in Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands. In the foreground of the first picture you can probably make out some…
Ground Moisture
Happy New Year! At times like this, I sometimes wonder what the Earth and Sun would say to each other if they could talk. They…
The Different Life of Paths
Day in, day out, paths experience a different life to that of their verges. Very often there is undergrowth on each side of a path,…
Sunday Times
There was a ‘mini-review’ of the book in yesterday’s Sunday Times Culture section’s seasonal selection of the books of 2010. Here it is in its…