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Aerial map

Position yourself somewhere with a view of the landscape in the distance, such as overlooking a valley.

Journal maps

After a wander or sit spot, add a heading box to a blank journal page, then map your specific experience with yourself drawn at the centre.

Sundial

Find a flat, level, open piece of ground for your sundial.

Sound map

Choose a suitable location, such as an edge habitat, a stream or a glade.

Song-lines

As you move through your garden or another wild space, stay aware of landscape features or unique places you pass.

Navigating by the constellations

Look for Orion, easily recognised by the three bright stars in a row forming Orion's Belt, which rises in the east and sets in the west, with the line of the belt pointing roughly east to west across