The Natural Navigator

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