What is a Wind Shadow?
A wind shadow is a place where the wind doesn’t reach. There is a calm, sheltered zone on the downwind side of all obstacles, a…
A wind shadow is a place where the wind doesn’t reach. There is a calm, sheltered zone on the downwind side of all obstacles, a…
Recently I visited the town of Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. The New Forest is famous for its unique landscapes of ‘forest pasture’…
My thanks to Charlie Gladstone for sending an interesting email about a beautiful book, with an intriguing couple of paragraphs. The book in question is…
Which way are we looking in this picture? (North, South, East or West?) Answer: We are looking east. There are clues in the puddles, the…
Have a look at this photo and see if you can tell whether it is a sunrise or sunset? Yes, it’s tricky. Sunrises and sunsets…
There was a near perfect ripple map on a very windy West Wittering beach yesterday. The different wave patterns on each side of an island…
Here is the first of a short series of animations that I will be publishing over the coming weeks. Hope you enjoy!
My thanks to Omar and Fran for braving the elements on the course last Friday. I knew they were in the zone when they stopped…
The current issue of Country Life contains an article by Tristan Gooley about ‘The Secret Life of the Puddle’ More info here.