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…
Tag: navigation book
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…
Night Navigators Club
I am delighted to be able to announce the launch of what I believe may be one of the world’s most unusual loyalty clubs. For…
Sneak Preview
My book is being published in the US in January. I’m very excited and not a little curious to see how American readers react to…
Full Moon Rising
I have just been watching a beautiful full moon rising above the trees in the east. It was shrouded in layers of cirrostratus for a…
Great Nebulae and Emerging Expeditions
We are bearing down on stargazing-season. It is getting dark early enough in the evenings, staying dark long enough in the mornings and doesn’t yet…
A Tale of Two Skies
These two photographs were taken this morning, within a few seconds of each other and from exactly the same spot. In the book I touch…
Urban Treats
The past few days have seen me bouncing between meetings in London – pinging between Kensington, White City and Theatreland. Throw in a Tube strike…
Outside in Dartmoor
Tom Vanderbilt, the journalist and best-selling author of ‘Traffic‘, flew over from the States to join me in Dartmoor last week for a taste of…
Just Back…
… from a fortnight’s family break in Phuket, Thailand. Apologies if anyone has been trying to contact me without luck, my phone would not let…