Weather
Why a Valley Floor Holds the Morning Mist
Why a valley floor holds the morning mist: read the signs of pooled cool air, sheltered slopes and changing sunlight…
The reading ground
All pieces
Explore pieces on landforms, waterways, weather, fieldmarks and the names that carry traces of place.
Landforms
Contour Lines or Shaded Relief: Choosing a Map View
Contour lines or shaded relief: choose the map view that makes a hillside, ridge or route easier to read, and know…
Fieldmarks
The Old Boundary Hidden in a Hedgerow
Learn how to read an old boundary in a hedgerow by tracking its line, checking maps and ground clues, and keeping…
Waterways
The River Does Not Always Follow the Line on the Map
Learn how to read a river course on a map, compare it with the landscape and spot where a channel may have shifted…
Place Names
A Slow Walk Through a Place Name
Explore a familiar place name by listening to its sound, checking its spelling and reading its landscape as clues…