Outdoor
FOCUS
Winter 2022
Contents
2 3 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 20 22 23 23 24
Life membership Ronald Turnbull on the welldeserved award of life membership to Leni Gillman
Keith Fergus Felicity Martin pays tribute to a former member of OWPG
Channel Islands Paddy Dillon wonders whether two books is better than one …
Book Reviews outdoor books
Roly Smith reviews the latest
2022 Big Weekend Stan Abbott looks back on this year ’ s OWPG get together
Guidebook Find out more about James Rushforth ’ s award-winning Photographing Iceland
Outdoor Book Josephine Collingwood was this year ’ s winner with Geology of Dartmoor
Outdoor / Travel Feature Read an extract of Jon Sparks ’ award-winning article The ' Only ' Word
Photography A gallery of Josephine Collingwood ’ s Dartmoor portfolio
Technical Feature Tony describes a lifetime of climbing across the world
Golden Eagle Award Nick Owen is this year ’ s winner for his outstanding services to the outdoors
Technical Innovation Award This year ’ s winner : Garmin for the inReach mini2
Big Weekend Activity Report Felicity Martin on the activities she took part in during the BW
Big Weekend Gallery Photos shot on the Big Weekend by OWPG members
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 February 2022 .
Cover Windermere gull ( David Taylor )
The Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild is the only UK-based association of media professionals working largely or entirely on outdoor subjects . Our members cover every �ield of activity and all corners of the globe . They include writers , journalists , �ilm makers , photographers , publishers and editors , all with a passionate interest in the outdoors . For more information visit www . owpg . org . uk .
All images and text copyright the authors . Unauthorised use and / or duplication of this material without express and written permission is strictly prohibited .
Editing / design David Taylor ISSN 2043-8591 print ISSN 2043-8605 online
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Ronald Turnbull on a well-deserved award …
At the AGM in October , the Committee recommended that Leni Gillman , our recent Secretary , be awarded Life Membership of the guild , and this was approved unanimously . Back in 2017 when the guild was at serious risk of foundering due to a lack of of�icers , and in particular of a Secretary , Leni stepped in as Minutes Secretary to lighten the burden on then Secretary Tanya Oliver . This despite being not especially youthful , indeed after over 30 years of OWPG membership and at an age when many of us might be hanging up our of�icial OWPG boots in favour of some semi-retirement slippers …. When Tanya in turn stood down two years later , Leni stepped into the Secretary role , which she �illed for two years with quiet competence , supported by Peter , her husband , as Chair . Without her , the guild would very possibly no longer be in existence . Leni ' s distinguished career includes several OWPG Awards for Excellence , being one of only two members to have won a Boardman-Tasker Award , and biographies of David Bowie as well as of George Mallory of Everest . Current Chair Stan Abbott writes : " This award of Life Membership is intended to re�lect our collective appreciation for the manner in which Leni stepped forward to ensure that the good ship OWPG could stay a�loat at a time when it began to feel like we had been holed below the waterline . We as a committee – and the membership at large – want to share our immense gratitude for her life-saving contribution ." David Foster , who was standing in as Treasurer at the same time , concurs : " I completely agree that Leni deserves Life Membership for stepping up to the plate when no-one else did or could ."
2 outdoor focus / winter 2022