How to Read Water: Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea

Tristan Gooley

Nov 2019 · Bolinda · Narrated by Jeff Harding

About this audiobook

In his eye-opening books The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs and The Natural Navigator, Tristan Gooley helped us reconnect with nature by finding direction from the trees, stars, clouds and more. Now, he turns his attention to our most abundant – yet perhaps least understood – resource. In How to Read Water, Gooley shares hundreds of techniques and observations distilled from his far-flung adventures – such as sailing solo across the Atlantic, navigating with Omani tribespeople, canoeing in Borneo – and walking in his own backyard. Learn to: Find north using puddles Forecast the weather from waves Decode the colors of ponds Spot dangerous water in the dark Decipher wave patterns on beaches And much more!

About the author

Tristan Gooley is a writer, navigator and explorer. He has led expeditions on five continents, spent time with the Tuareg, Bedouin and Dayak in some of the remotest places on Earth and pioneered a renaissance in the rare art of natural navigation. Tristan is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed single-handed across the Atlantic. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Institute of Navigation and Vice Chairman of the UK's largest independent travel company, Trailfinders. He lives in West Sussex.

Jeff Harding is an American actor living in the UK. He is remembered for playing Orrin Hudson in the 1980s BBC drama series Howards' Way, including his appearances on The Fast Show and Father Ted. He also appeared in the 1990s remake of The Tomorrow People as General Damon and in the BBC docudrama series Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. Jeff voices Vincent Meis in the video game The Witcher and is well-known for narrating popular books, including The Da Vinci Code, The Bourne Identity, Kane and Abel and Secrets of the Code.