Slowing Down in Nature
A Guest Blog by Christian Turek “Complete freedom is not what a trail offers. Quite the opposite; a trail is a tactful reduction of options.”…
Tag: north star
Creating a Star Dial – Telling the Time from the Stars
A Guest Blog by Chloé. We stare up at the stars, eyes wide, I didn’t want to miss it this time! The children had shouted…
How to Make a Compass out of a Tree Stump
Very nice email in with a helpful photo: I was stargazing this past week in the Davis Mountains in Texas. I had been pointing out…
Finding Your Way Around the Night Sky
I enjoyed cooking some new recipes on the weekend, baking mainly, and this made me think about the night sky. Many people want to make…
Stunning Natural Navigation Image
A big thank you to James of James Walker Photography for his kind permission to reproduce this image from Umbria, Italy. I have come across…
How to Use a Kamal
In this photo, one of the Outward Bound Oman instructors, who I visited recently, is being taught how to use a traditional and beautifully simple…
Pillar to Post
It has been quite a restless few days. Last Saturday I spent the morning in London as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Excess Baggage.…
Stargazing Weather
A blog of two halves for you today. Late September can bring some of the best early evening experiences for those who enjoy looking upwards.…
Finding South Using the Stars
Finding South Using the Stars In the northern hemisphere Polaris, the North Star, tends to get all the attention when it comes to finding direction…
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…
Stellar Quotes
My thanks to Stuart Goring for sending over these great Thomas Hardy celestial quotes. Those who know this blog or my book will be aware…
Ripples and Reflections
After an enjoyable private course on Friday – we finished standing in a field looking at Orion, the Plough, Cassiopeia and, of course, Polaris –…
Mizar, Alcor and the Much Overlooked Plough
Northern natural navigators look at the Plough pretty much every night that is not completely overcast and yet we could argue that it gets overlooked.…