How to Find Direction Using Tree Bark
The wind, rain and sun do not affect all sides of trees equally. This creates patterns on the trees’ bark that we can use to…
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Adventure Sports Podcast
I recently did a podcast interview with Mason Gravley of the Adventure Sports Podcast in the US. (Interview begins about 5.40 mins in.) There are…
How to Forecast Weather using Twinkling Stars
Rare is the outdoorsperson who is not happy to discuss weather omens – even if it is only to pour scorn on some theory about…
Fountain Rainbow
If you look closely at the partial rainbow created between the fountain and Chinese Pagoda in Victoria Park, London, you might notice that there is…
The Colour of Mud as a Compass
Readers of my books or this blog will be well aware by now that we should expect to find more puddles on the shaded southern…
Thoughts From Basle
Thank you Thomas for a kind, interesting and uplifting email from Basle: ——— Dear Tristan I just finished reading your wonderful book “How to read…
Classic Cold Front
Over the next 48 there will be an opportunity to witness the passing of a classic cold front system in the UK. A cold front…