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A Cherry Blossom Map at the Hepworth Wakefield

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019

My thanks to everyone who came to my talk at the Hepworth Wakefield gallery last week. And to the University of Sheffield team for organising…

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019

The way waves behave is a big subject. But here we’ll look at just one simple aspect, the way the wind shapes breaking waves at…

April 3, 2019March 29, 2019

I have written in the past about the basics of using the weather to navigate. Here I’d like to offer a couple of tips to…

March 4, 2019March 19, 2019

Something a little different today – a guest blog. I am very grateful to Hye Jung Kim and all the team at Project Wayfinder for…

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019

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…

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019

I took this photo from the South West Coast Path in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, a few days ago. In it we can see…

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019

I recently did a podcast interview with Mason Gravley of the Adventure Sports Podcast in the US. (Interview begins about 5.40 mins in.) There are…

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019

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…

January 21, 2019January 22, 2019

Slick lines form on water when a very thin layer of oil spreads out across the water. The oil dampens ripples creating calmer patches. Over…