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FOCUS autumn 2023
New Member
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New Member This month we welcome ( the other ) Andy Hamilton to OWPG
Snap Unhappy
David Taylor really doesn ’ t want to be a photographer in the movies …
The Singing Walkers Peter Gillman takes a tuneful tour through the home counties
Wainwright in Loweswater Chris Butter�ield has the answer to an interesting question
Big Weekend : the past twenty years
Kevin Sene looks at the history of the BW
Book Reviews Roly Smith reviews the latest outdoor books
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National Parks Think you ’ re familiar with the UK ’ s National Parks ? Test yourself with this quiz
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If you ’ d like to contribute to the next edition of Outdoor Focus please send an email with your article idea to davidtphoto @ gmail . com . The copy deadline is 15 November 2023 .
Editing / design David Taylor ISSN 2043-8591 print ISSN 2043-8605 online Cover Lochan an lasgair in Glen Torridon / David Taylor
Andy Hamilton
Over the last 20 years I ’ ve been working as an author and forager and I love experimenting as well as researching . After writing the bestselling Booze for Free , I specialised in turning the hedgerow into a drinks cabinet ; Japanese knotweed tequila margaritas anyone ? More recently , I went back to my roots and have just finished writing a book for the National Trust which is aimed at novice foragers ( publication date April 2024 ).
In way of beating the call of a comfortable , indoor , middle aged life out of my system I started writing a long form , non-fiction narrative called New Wild Order ( publication date Jan 2025 ). I ’ m experimenting with some of the ancient ways of living that would have been commonplace in our society . Recently , this meant camping in the wild without food , following the ancient Norse tradition of Utiseta , or sitting out . I followed it up with a few nights camping with just a hammock .
www . theotherandyhamilton . com
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