The Hidden Seasons
By (Author) Tristan Gooley
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton
9th December 2025
18th September 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Walking, hiking, trekking
Hardback
384
Width 156mm, Height 222mm
'When we know what to look for and what it means, seasonal moments that were once hidden shine brightly.'
In The Hidden Seasons, Tristan Gooley shows us how to read the clues that the sun, moon, stars, plants, fungi, animals, water and weather give us - but that we continually miss, because we don't know how and where to look. Spring is the time of wildflower signs, unique cloud shapes and curious animal behaviour. Summer is a time of coastal clues, astronomical extremes and secret grass patterns. Autumn is a time for reading leaves, deciphering scents and investigating fungi. And in winter, we learn to read snow, deepen our star knowledge and use rare methods to find clues in overlooked places, including indoors. As with Tristan Gooley's bestsellers The Walker's Guide, How to Read Water and How to Read a Tree, The Hidden Seasons will inspire us to explore these signs for ourselves, giving us many rich insights into our turning year. Soon we will be able to anticipate and celebrate daily changes that few notice, however surprising they may be.And the seasons will never look, sound or smell the same again.Gooley drops learning as lightly as a blossom falls in spring. * John Lewis-Stempel *
Tristan has done trees the greatest service. * Isabella Tree *
Gooley is the best kind of teacher. * Richard Mabey *
An important book and a pleasure to read. * Raynor Winn *
Tristan Gooley is the award-winning and international bestselling author of titles such as The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs, How to Read Water and How to Read a Tree. Through his journeys, teaching and writing, he has pioneered a renaissance in the rare art of natural navigation.
Tristan is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic. He has explored close to home and walked with and studied the methods of tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth.