FEELING YOUR WAY

How to develop natural intuition in Wild Signs And Star Paths by Tristan Gooley*

Once upon a time, the shape of a tree glimpsed on a horizon could tell you which way was south. Nowadays, trees grow in exactly the same way, but we have lost the knack of using them as a compass point. In his latest book, Tristan Gooley, the Natural Navigator, continues his mission to change all that with his keen knowledge of the outdoors and his unfettered enthusiasm for sharing that wisdom. With a bit of practice, a lot of observation, and the use of a collection of ‘keys’, we can restore that elusive ‘sixth sense’ and re-learn to sense direction from stars and plants, forecast weather from woodland sounds, and predict the next action of an animal from its body language. ( Sceptre)