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Uranus, Venus and Mars in the West

March 3, 2015November 26, 2018

My thanks to Kevan Hubbard for the following message: “There is a very impressive alignment of Uranus, Venus and Mars in the west at present,…

September 4, 2013November 26, 2018

My thanks to Vincent Alaniz for sending me this photo and a question, which I will answer here. Whenever we consider the position of the…

February 27, 2013November 26, 2018

My thanks to Leon Winnert – a double Natural Navigator course alumnus no less! – for taking the time to research church alignment in his…

November 29, 2012November 26, 2018

I took this photo in Chichester the other day, at midday. Chichester has four main streets, North, East, South and West. (A fairly appropriate home…

May 11, 2012June 20, 2019

————————- In these four pictures we are looking at the same beech tree. See if you can work out which way you are looking in…

January 30, 2012November 26, 2018

I’m just back from some micronavigation in the Black Mountains in Wales. I should get a chance to blog in more detail in time, but…

January 22, 2012November 26, 2018

Last night I caught a few minutes of a programme on BBC4, called ‘Unnatural Histories.’ As so often seems to be the case, a short…

July 23, 2010November 26, 2018

I love the idea that the moon is trying to tell us where the sun is hiding In this photograph, which I took a few…

June 25, 2010November 26, 2018

My thanks to everyone who came to my talk last night at the Weald and Downland Museum. What a wonderful place to spend a summer’s…