How to Use the UK Military’s Survival Compass to Tell the Time
A guest blog by John Hudson FRGS, the UK military’s Chief Survival Instructor. Direction finding in the military these days uses lots of technology, but…
A guest blog by John Hudson FRGS, the UK military’s Chief Survival Instructor. Direction finding in the military these days uses lots of technology, but…
There was heavy snow in the early hours of Sunday morning. We didn’t need any more encouragement. The Gooley family set off for an explore…
Two questions today. I took this picture yesterday. Which direction are we looking? And a tougher one: what sign is there in this picture that…
I’m just back from Kincaldineshire. A big thank you to the extraordinary Charlie and Caroline Gladstone for inviting me to run a couple of mini…
I’m going to be brave and briefly discuss one of the trickier natural navigation techniques: the moon phase method or moon phase compass. If you…
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It is that time of year when nature likes to get out her frost compasses for us to admire. I took this photo last Friday…
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…
There is a ‘Camping Special’ in today’s Guardian and in it I get to lay an old ghost to rest. The first question I was…
Only one of these compasses can be correct, since I took the photo in my garden in the south of England in April, not at…
At the start of my Beginner’s Guide to Natural Navigation courses, I do offer a friendly warning that natural navigation is a diverse and eclectic…