The Natural Navigator

The perfect book * Sir Ranulph Fiennes *Wonderfully stimulating * Michael Palin *Gooley is a fine writer with a philosophical passion for the subject … his advice is at times glorious in its simplicity and fascinating in its execution … his advice is so well structured that even enthusiastic amateurs will find plenty to get to grips with – Laurence Mackin * Irish Times *Wonderful… This is the sort of charming and inspiring book you want to recommend and buy for others. A must for any lover of the outdoors – Tim Jepson * Daily Telegraph *This in-depth book gives us the tools to re-engage with our natural world in a clear and understandable way. I love it! * Bear Grylls *The best nature writing changes the way you experience the world. Tristan Gooley’s The Natural Navigator will teach you how to find your way using not just the moon, sun and stars but spider’s webs, tennis courts and even ruts on a track. He throws in entertaining anecdotes from the history of navigation and from his own impressive Atlantic journeys, but really he’s giving you an addictive hobby, and a newly refined sense of time and place * The Sunday Times *You enjoy the walk more if you’re trying to spot the little clues rather than look at the map * Evan Davies *A definitive volume on the subject – Paul Gelder * Yachting Monthly *In a sat-nav dominated world, where GPS and a host of other acronyms designed to get us from A to B have overtaken paper maps, it is refreshing to meet someone who understands technology, but prefers to find his way by practicing the rare and ancient art of using nature’s signposts, from puddle patterns to shadow lengths … I’m hooked. Back at the beech, I make a mental note of emerging bluebell patches, forming an internal map that I’ll use to find my way around the wood – Paul Evans * BBC Wildlife Magazine *As Gooley reminds us, navigation is, first of all, about understanding where you are. His marvellous book is a good starting point – Mick Herron * Geographical Magazine *

Tristan is an author and natural navigator. Tristan set up his natural navigation school in 2008 and is the author of award-winning and internationally bestselling books, including The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues & Signs (UK 2014), The Secret World of Weather (2021) and How to Read a Tree (2023), some of the world’s only books covering natural navigation. His books have been translated into 20 languages. He has spent decades hunting for clues and signs in nature, across the globe, and has been nicknamed ‘The Sherlock Holmes of Nature’. He is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic.