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Tom Fay
Tom is a British writer and teacher based in Osaka,
and has been living in Japan for well over a decade.
Growing up in the hills of North Wales, the
mountains of Snowdonia were his fi rst outdoor
‘love’, and he still returns to walk there year after
year. He has since hiked and climbed in many
places including Scotland, Iceland, China, South
Korea, New Zealand, the Himalayas and throughout
every corner of Japan.
Tom writes mainly about travel and the outdoors
for various media outlets, and is working on the
fi rst English-language guidebook to the Japan Alps
and Mt. Fuji.
www.thomasfay.com
Adam Redshaw
Having started his love aff air with the outdoors and
walking, he took up geocaching almost ten years
ago. With his new-found passion he wanted to read
up on the activity and learn more and sought out a
magazine. With no magazine available he launched
his own! This give him a way to combine his
adventure with a love of photography and writing.
Now he also does public speaking and is part way
to getting approval as a drone operator recognised
by the CAA.
Adam spends a lot of time traveling around
the UK blogging and vlogging about all kinds of
outdoor activities.
AGM
Details of this year’s OWPG
AGM weekend are now online:
www.bit.ly/OWPG-AGM.
The weekend runs from
Friday 12 October to Sunday
14. Accomodation for the
weekend is the Simonsbath
House Hotel, Simonsbath,
Minehead TA24 7SH. (tel:
01643 831259, website:
www.simonsbathhouse.co.uk.
Activities planned for
the weekend include a brief
history of gin, a tour of
Simonsbath with an Exmoor
National Park guide, and a
Dark sky presentation with
Tim Wetherell, of Exmoor
Stargazers.
An accomodation booking
form can be downloaded via
www.bit.ly/Simonsbath, the
activities form using
www.bit.ly/AGM-activities.
www.ukcachemag.com
Dorothy Unsworth (1928-2018)
Just ten months after
the death of OWPG past
President, Walt Unsworth
was announced, his widow
Dorothy has also died.
Although not a member of the Guild
herself, it was Dorothy’s unwavering
support and encouragement that
enabled Walt to devote so much time to
Guild business. Having met on a school
bus when they were both teenagers
they married, raised two children,
and enjoyed a long and devoted
partnership. Walt might have been the
‘front man’ who became a successful
editor, author and publisher, but a
large part of that success was due to
Dorothy’s steady hand. She was his
rock. Quiet and unassuming she was
the foundation upon which Walt built
his career. It was Dorothy who acted
as his chauff eur, driving him to and
from his walks and climbs, who kept
the home together when he was away,
and when she retired from teaching, it
was she who ran the Cicerone offi ce in
order that Walt could juggle his many
other commitments. Dorothy would be
at Walt’s side at outdoor trade shows
and the annual London Book Show,
her warmth and gentle demeanour
providing a homely counterbalance to
the show’s backdrop of business hype.
To those of us who got to know her
through Walt, Dorothy Unsworth was
a loving motherly fi gure who emerged
from the shadows with a welcoming
smile that will not be forgotten.
Words Kev Reynolds
Photo Roly Smith
summer 2018 | Outdoor focus 3