How to Spot Subtle Patterns in Water
To spot subtle patterns in water, look where dark and light reflections touch each other. On calm days, the surface of water can appear still,…
To spot subtle patterns in water, look where dark and light reflections touch each other. On calm days, the surface of water can appear still,…
When we look at water angles are important. Looking across the water, at shallow angles, we see mostly reflections – the colour of the water…
I receive quite a few emails asking whether my books are relevant for readers in the Southern Hemisphere. The answer is ‘yes’, but only if…
Water rises up and forms individual droplets on leaves because it is ‘sticky’, it is literally attracted to itself. The hydrogen atoms in each molecule…
An old investigation into dowsing, also known as ‘water divining’. Let’s us start with an interesting extract on the subject of dowsing, or water-divining, from…
Early this morning I saw an interesting sign in the water, a clue that fish were trying to defy a predator. At about 6am, I…
Many people imagine that the reflections we see in the water are the same as the image we see above the water, only inverted. But…
A wind shadow is a place where the wind doesn’t reach. There is a calm, sheltered zone on the downwind side of all obstacles, a…
If you are trying to work out what calm water is doing, it is sometimes tempting to feel like nothing interesting is happening. There are…
I recently did a fun interview with Simon Hutchinson for the SUPfm podcast (Stand Up Paddle board). As you’d imagine, we mostly talked about reading…
Anyone who spends time on or near the water will have noticed that sometimes we can see through water, but often we can’t. For those…
Here is a selection of images from a recent dawn exploration of my local hills. I’ve explained how to read these patterns and signs in…
Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea A New York Times Bestseller. A Sunday Times “Must Read” book. A must-have book for walkers, sailors,…
Sea currents sort objects according to size, shape and weight. There is a documented case of left Wellington boots from a lost container washing up…
We see the most detail in relatively calm water when we look at the places where light and dark reflections meet. Look at the line…
Tides are at the greatest range near a full or new moon and these are called ‘spring tides’. This is when the sun and moon’s…
Swash is the name given to the waves that rush up the beach after a wave has broken. They are intriguing little waves that inhabit…
When a wave breaks it pushes foamy water up the beach, this is the ‘swash‘. Some of this water flows back down the beach to…
There is a common but little-known pattern in the water in this picture that you may not spot on first looking. If you need a…