Wild Signs and Star Paths

Gooley offers the reader a chance to recover the outdoorsman’s natural sense through 52 “keys”, to exchange slow, analytic thinking for the fast thinking that makes connections with nature in a way that few now experience. I recommend turning those keys and seeing what happens. - The Field Magazine

Gooley’s approach is a refreshing alternative to the encyclopaedic-style of many nature books. - Geographical

It’s a thoughtful, lyrical book about the hidden connections between flora and fauna, the landscape and the weather, and most of its wise and wondrous observations are gleaned from the author’s rambles around the English countryside… It’s a paean to the beauty and majesty of nature, especially the nature we overlook in our back gardens and local parks. And so, amid the botany and zoology and meteorology there are snatches of pure poetry… And like all the best books, it makes the world around you a lot more interesting. - The Spectator

What’s wonderful about this book is not just that it is full of helpful instructions for decoding the numerous clues the Earth provides to its workings - from the flick of a lizard’s tail to a flutter in a bramble hedge - Gooley also communicates and inspires a joyful awe in the countless daily occurrences which offer observant travellers a key to the planet’s miraculous system. - Big Issue

A captivating guide to finding one’s way in the wild. - Wall Street Journal

Tristan Gooley is the award-winning and international bestselling author of titles such as The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs, How to Read Water and How to Read a Tree. Through his journeys, teaching and writing, he has pioneered a renaissance in the rare art of natural navigation.

Tristan is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic. He has explored close to home and walked with and studied the methods of tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth.