Weather, navigation and hunting in Oregon
An interesting email exchange with Gary from Oregon, shared with permission: Tristan, I am very much enjoying your new book, “The Secret World of Weather”. …
An interesting email exchange with Gary from Oregon, shared with permission: Tristan, I am very much enjoying your new book, “The Secret World of Weather”. …
If you walk in or near woods regularly, you will have come across splotches of bright coloured paint on the tree trunks. What are they?…
On first glance these clouds may appear random. But they are far from it. They are making a map of the ground for us. With…
The latest episode of my podcast – Badger Setts – has been released on all the usual platforms: https://link.chtbl.com/OutdoorClues You can get a taste of…
A short video explaining how to find north or south and make a map in the woods using ivy (Hedera helix). You might also enjoy:…
Walking in a wood during a thunderstorm
And how can they help me find my way in the woods? Both ‘windthrow’ and ‘windsnap’ are names given by foresters to trees that have…
The Nettle-leaved bellflower, Campanula trachelium, is found in low-level calcareous woodland, flowering from June to September. It needs some disturbance to the soil to thrive.…
My thanks to Newcastle University for inviting me to speak to my fellow alumni at the prestigious Athenaeum Club last Thursday. And thank you to…
Butterflies can help us find our way, all we have to do is to take an interest in their habitats – and the fussier the…
I took the dogs into the woods for their walk this morning. Whilst trying a shortcut through some understory trees and undergrowth, something gave me…
My thanks to Peter Gibbs for another fascinating email. You can see our exchange below. If you have your own different interpretation, do please get in touch. ——-…
Tristan Gooley teaches BBC Sky at Night presenter Chris Lintott how he finds his way through the woods at night using the stars and a…
Whilst taking our dog for his constitutional walk in the woods this morning, my eyes were drawn down to a strange pattern amongst the broad,…
No single piece of natural navigation is better known than ‘moss grows on the north side of trees’. It therefore sometimes surprises people when I…
The Winter Clues Competition draws to a close tomorrow (still 24 hours to enter). For reasons I will explain in a few weeks, I’m not…
Last night the conditions felt right for a walk in the woods. There were plenty of clouds, but large gaps suggested that the stars would…
I went for a short walk in the dark last night. The clouds were firing past the moon and jupiter giving a very eery feel…
We had some old friends staying this weekend and decided to laugh in the general direction of the forecasts and go for a walk in…