Unfriendly Winds
I landed back at Gatwick last night following an accidental visit to Tenerife. The wind has been my friend on so many occasions recently, a…
Tag: wind
The Big Thaw
The snow is melting away, but not at the same speed everywhere. The warmer wind which is blowing from the southeast today is leaving green…
Force 9 Fun
I had hoped to sail to the Isle of Wight on Saturday with some old friends. We slipped Chichester marina at eight in the morning…
The Power of Smell
I ran a private course in the South Downs on Saturday for a group of four friends. One of them gave me a great example…
Three Winds
I took this picture a week ago. It shows the lower fair-weather cumulus clouds against the upper cirrus clouds. It is not at all unusual…
Jurassic Coast
My thanks to Richard, who sent in this picture from a lad’s walking weekend along the Jurassic Coast. He was given a private course as…
Wind, Water and Mr Bernoulli
The land’s wind shadow can be seen in the smooth water nearest the foreground of this picture of Nutbourne Marshes. This is an effect sailors,…
Welcome to Lichen Land
Two nights ago the strong winds brought an ivy-ravaged sycamore down into our garden, destroying two fences and killing an apple sapling in the process.…
Navigating with Nature
One of the keys to navigating with nature is appreciating scale. It is vital that we do not spend too much time focusing too narrowly…
Colours and Contours
The rape flowers are coming into bloom over the South Downs, but they don’t all bloom at the same time. The crop tends to be…
Fog Navigation
This morning brought with it a nice thick radiation fog, which the sun will probably burn off soon. There is not forecast to be much…
Wayfinding with Lees
On outdoor courses one of the ways that I try to keep participant’s senses sharp is by telling them that I expect them to spot…
Heat, Wind and Chillies
When talking about heat and wind in the context of chillies, there is a risk that we might start to think some very un-navigational thoughts……
