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…
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Passing through Sebha
The news that rebel forces are pushing south in Libya, has taken me back to the short time I spent in Sebha in February and…
Wardian Cases and Traveller’s Palms
Last week set a new record for restlessness… Thanks to all who came for the walk around the Long Man from Wilmington on Saturday afternoon…
Underground Navigation
I am spending a lot of time at the moment helping the BBC with a new series and have spent the last few days in…
Radio Parallax
A big thanks to Douglas Everett of California’s Radio Parallax for having me on his show. Radio Parallax is a beacon for all those who…
Technology and Nature Debate
Full marks to Radio 4’s Today programme for allowing even a few minutes’ discussion of the role of technology in our appreciation and understanding of…
Cutting Edges and Strange Worlds
There are many things I like to claim that natural navigation is: fascinating, challenging, eclectic, addictive, unusual, diverse and diverting, but not… cutting edge. Some…
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…
Sweet Times on Sugar Loaf Mountain
For the love of God, spare us from any more blog titles like that, you are thinking. But persevere, there is a point to it.…