o u t d o o r
FOCUS
winter 2017
FROM THE EDITOR...
David Taylor
A
utumn, a time of mellow fruitfulness,
long evenings and that short journey
onwards to winter. It’s also the time
of the OWPG AGM weekend, a more
exciting event than Halloween and Bonfire
Night combined. This issue of OF is filled
to the brim with words and photos from
this year’s weekend, held at the Newlands
Adventure Centre in the Lake District. Find
out what OWPG members got up to over
the three days (spoilers, it involves rain,
gale force winds and waterproof clothing),
and - more importantly - see who came
away victorious at Saturday evening’s
award ceremony.
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CONTENTS
3 / Wordsmith
Kev Reynolds, the man with the
world’s best job, writes about
Octavia Hill, Champion of the
Countryside
4 / Runner and Riders
Jon Sparks desribes a tough
photographic assignment and
how he overcame the various
challenges he faced.
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6 / Book reviews
Roly Smith reviews David Bellamy’s
Arctic Light, Scrambles in
Snowdonia, Back Roads through
Middle England, and ASCENT.
8 / AGM weekend awards special
Twenty pages about the AGM
weekend at the Newlands
Adventure Centre in the Lake
District, including details of the
winners of the OWPG awards.
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11 / Golden Eagle Award
Winner: Richard Fox
12 / Derryck Draper Award
Winner: Outdoor Design Logistics
13 / Guide Book
Winner: Kingsley Jones
16 / Outdoor Book
Winner: David Bellamy
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18 / Outdoor Travel Feature
Winner: John Metcalfe
20 / Technical Feature
Winner: Chris Townsend
If you’d like to submit ideas for articles for the spring
issue please contact me for further details. The
deadline for all contributions is 15 February.
Cover shot
Chris Howes
Wading in an impressive upstream
section of Krem Sakwa (krem =
‘cave’), partly lit with underwater
fl ash. See more of Chris’s award-
winning portfolio on pages 22-25.
www.wildplacesphotography.co.uk
22 / Photography
Winner: Chris Howes
26 / Digital Production
Winner: Thomas Smallwood
1 Sunrise time 07.44
Sunrise direction 125° Sunset time 15.54
Sunset direction 234° JAN Sunset time 16.02
Sunset direction 233° 1 Sunrise time 07.38
Sunrise direction 117°
DEC 1 Sunrise time 08.06
Sunrise direction 128° FEB Sunset time 16.49
Sunset direction 243°
15 Sunrise time 07.59
Sunrise direction 128° 15 Sunrise time 07.59
Sunrise direction 124° 15 Sunrise time 07.14
Sunrise direction 110°
DEC
Sunset time 15.51
Sunset direction 232°
JAN
Sunset time 16.20
Sunset direction 236°
FEB
Sunset time 17.15
Sunset direction 251°
Sunset/Sunrise times and direction correct for London. Times in GMT
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2 Outdoor focus | winter 2017
Editing/design: David Taylor
[email protected]
ISSN 2043-8591 (print)
ISSN 2043-8605 (online)