How to Navigate Using Snow Strips
As is my habit at this time of year, I like to get out early after any overnight snow. The tracking opportunities are spoiling and…
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Wildflower Puzzle
What direction are we facing in the picture above? ———– Very little in nature is symmetrical. Not even the sun. Our natural navigation ability blossoms…
Flutes, Forces, Fires and Force 7s
I was interviewed by Susan Gray on behalf of the Ramblers yesterday. We chatted over tea, blasts of icy December air and then some more…
Fun guys to be around
UPDATE: My sources tell me that the first is a Magpie Inkcap (Coprinopsis picaceus) and the second is Green Elf Cup/Wood cup/Stain (Chlorociboria aeruginascens). My…
Uckfield Festival
Great to see so many willing to take on the heat of the summer on Sunday at the Uckfield Festival. My day started with a…
Lightness and Darkness
I went for a walk in the South Downs yesterday afternoon. The air was cold, there were still chunks of ice lining the north-facing side…
Winds of Change
We had some old friends staying this weekend and decided to laugh in the general direction of the forecasts and go for a walk in…
Wedding Wombling
I have just spent a lovely weekend in the Brecon Beacons part of south Wales. The main reason for heading to Wales was a school…