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Wayfinding with the Polynesian Voyaging Society

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…

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019

My thanks to Jamie Abbott for this email: Dear Tristan,My name is Jamie Abbott, 28 from Suffolk. Having read your book ‘The Walker’s Guide to…

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019

With bumps on the road, hopefully each year we grow more enlightened in our view of nature and our relationship with it. But there is…

December 15, 2018February 4, 2019

There are two main types of snow compass: those formed by wind and those formed by sun. Here we will look at snow compasses created…