Thoughts on Navigation ~ Existing Resources
Thoughts on Navigation - Existing Resources I'm glad to say that a good many people have our maps and report that they find them of interest and use. Doubtless this…
Navigation, Events & Skills
Thoughts on Navigation - Existing Resources I'm glad to say that a good many people have our maps and report that they find them of interest and use. Doubtless this…
Mer de Glace & global warming Global warming is in the news a lot these days and one of the oft quoted pieces of 'evidence' is the retreat of the…
Brown Lines What are the ‘brown lines’ on maps by EastWest Mapping? We use three line symbols for boundaries/ linear features on our maps ~ in green, black & brown.…
If you wander the hills, farmland or forest at all, you must eventually come across farm animals that are in a spot of bother. You could walk past thinking someone…
If you’re starting out or would like to brush up on your hill navigation skills, get advice on equipment and generally learn to manage your hillwalks as safely as possible,…
The Carlow Walking Festival takes place over the last weekend of the month – from 30th September to the 2nd October. There will be a variety of hillwalks and rambles…
Last in this short series on weather maps & forecasts. To recap on previous: Air circulates (wind direction) in anticlockwise way around Low areas of pressure and in a clockwise…
Have you ever been out on the hills in fairly mild wet, misty conditions to then experience a heavy belt of rain followed shortly by a sudden clearance to clearer,…
What gives us our weather are air masses of different natures: warmer, cooler, wetter, dryer, unstable, stable etc and then how these air masses mix together and influence each other.…
A recent discussion on weather apps put me in mind of weather maps and how to interpret and make you own weather judgements, based on these charts and your own…