They say it's easy, but to be honest skills like this are not so easy and certainly need to be used to keep them sharp. I think maybe what people mean is once acquired they come back fairly quickly after not being used so much. It's like anything really. having spatial awareness, the ability to observe and record details around one, knowing direction of travel, or gaining reference, instinctively by the position of the sun or orientation of a landmark...Those things require practice.
I'm one who has to know compass points at all times which makes it a problem when I travel. I never feel settled until I can determine the points of the compass. It's a weird thing but a fact.
Also, getting old happens, is happening, all the time so we can only do what we can do I suppose. And...Turned a few trikes over in my day...the damned things don't like me. 😂
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