Moon Phase Navigation
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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A Shadow Stick in the Bahamas
This just in from Dick Forte in the Bahamas… Tristan, Here is a Gooley-inspired sun dial in the southern Bahamas, just inside the tropics, 74…
Frost Shadows and Compasses
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…
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…
Camping Special
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…
A Sun and Compass Quiz
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…
The Surprising Sun
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…