Going with the Flow – Navigating Paris with help from the Seine
I have just received a fascinating email from Alban Cambe, a natural navigation instructor and writer in France, I learned a new trick to navigate…
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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…
Architectural Navigation Clues
In rural and urban areas, buildings can help us to find our way. Take a look at the picture above of a building at the…
The Street Dining Compass
We choose cafes, bars and restaurants in the path of the sun, eg. south-facing. Very little is random out there.
Getting from A to B in a City
There are a couple of interesting articles in the latest issue of The Economist. One called, Getting on the Map, is mainly about crowd-sourced mapping…
How to Cross a Park Like an Explorer
I wrote an article for the Independent newspaper this week on ‘How to Cross a City Park Like an Explorer’. It gives a taste of…
Lateral Thinking
The other day a friend explained to me that they had a lovely neighbour, a dear old lady who always really entered into the spirit…
Solar-Heated Water Tanks
If anything depends on the sun to work effectively, then it can be used to find direction. Sundials and solar panels are two favourites, but…
How to use TV Aerials as a Compass
I have written in many places about how TV satellite dishes can be used to help find direction, in the UK they normally point close…