puddles Archives - The Natural Navigator

The Difference Between Sunrise and Sunset

September 23, 2019September 24, 2019

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…

August 12, 2019September 9, 2019

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…

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019

Here is the first of a short series of animations that I will be publishing over the coming weeks. Hope you enjoy!

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

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…

October 7, 2017November 26, 2018

The current issue of Country Life contains an article by Tristan Gooley about ‘The Secret Life of the Puddle’ More info here.

May 22, 2017January 21, 2019

Thank you Thomas for a kind, interesting and uplifting email from Basle: ——— Dear Tristan I just finished reading your wonderful book “How to read…

April 5, 2017January 21, 2019

I came across a nice example of a ‘junction puddle’ near Lavington Common in Sussex yesterday.

September 10, 2015November 26, 2018

A nice email arrived today: Hello, Having purchased and read ‘The Natural Navigator’, I wanted to express how much I enjoyed and got from the…

October 28, 2010November 26, 2018

Those who have been kind enough to spare a few moments to notice my strange interests will be well aware that I like a puddle.…