Tag: south
Greek Island Embarrassment
OK, it’s confession time. Again. I’m just back from a week’s holiday with my wife on the Greek island of Kefalonia. It was our first…
Monkey Puzzles
Natural navigation is at its most fun when it is a puzzle and a test of our senses. Have a look at this photo and…
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…
Moon Shadows
Last night I divided my time between two very different arenas of the modern human experience. I watched dross on TV, including some Jonathan Dross…
Southern Ripening
There is no better way to get a feel for botany than to grow something from seed. By the time a plant is even a…
Great Nebulae and Emerging Expeditions
We are bearing down on stargazing-season. It is getting dark early enough in the evenings, staying dark long enough in the mornings and doesn’t yet…
Finding South with Orion’s Sword
My thanks to Kevan Hubberd for sending in the idea about using Orion’s Sword as a way of finding south. Orion’s Sword can be seen…
Grass and Grass
The heat seems to have abated a little, but the sun has left its great big footprints all over the countryside. The baked earth is…