Outdoor Focus | Spring 2025

In this issue of Outdoor Focus we welcome Rachel Mead and Mike Parsons to OWPG; Kevin Sene gives us a preview of the Big Weekend 2025; Dee Anna explores the bewitching Bodetal Climb in Germany; David Jordan interviews Jacquetta Megarry on the 25th anniversary of Rucksack Readers and Sue Viccars Read more

By David Jordan, ago

Outdoor Focus | Winter 2024

In this winter edition of Outdoor Focus Stan Abbot reflects on over thirty years of Guild membership having stepped down as Chair at the 2024 AGM. Meanwhile, Josephine Collingwood welcomes new committee members and looks forward with a vision of the future having accepted the position of Chair. Kevin Sene Read more

By David Jordan, ago

Outdoor Focus | Summer 2024

In the summer issue of Outdoor Focus we ask if this industry is sustainable, and invite members to share the professional issues and barriers they’ve faced. Josephine Collingwood and Mary-Ann Ochota explore how we can write inclusion into the outdoors. Jacquetta Megarry reflects on Antarctica, while Roly Smith introduces his Read more

By Alex Roddie, ago

Outdoor Focus | Spring 2024

In this issue of Outdoor Focus we say hello to the journal’s new editor, Alex Roddie; Stan Abbott gives a rallying cry; Norman Hadley decides that the right path is to climb the wrong mountain; Ronald Turnbull takes a look at Substack, and also asks what makes a great photographer, Read more

By Alex Roddie, ago

Outdoor Focus | Winter 2023

In this issue of Outdoor Focus we welcome David Jordan and Anna Taylor to OWPG; Roly Smith reviews the latest outdoor books; Kevin Sene reflects on this year’s Big Weekend; this year’s award winners are profiled; and Felicity Martin reports on a recent members’ walk in Perth. Read this issue Read more

By David Taylor, ago

Outdoor Focus | Autumn 2023

In this issue of Outdoor Focus we welcome (the other) Andy Hamilton to OWPG; Kevin Sene looks at the history of the Big Weekends; Chris Butterfield has the answer to an interesting question about Alfred Wainwright; Peter Gillman takes a tuneful tour through the home counties; and Roly Smith reviews Read more

By David Taylor, ago

Outdoor Focus | Summer 2023

In this issue of Outdoor Focus new members Mary-Ann Ochota, Nike Werstroh and Chris Butterfield introduce themselves; Gordon Wilson revisits the Pennine Way; Paddy Dillon takes a walk in north-east England; Tony Howard describes the history and route of the Wadi Rum Trail; and Allan Hartley comes across an interesting Read more

By David Taylor, ago

Outdoor Focus | Spring 2023

In this issue of Outdoor Focus Kevin Sene introduces members to the island of Great Cumbrae, location of this year’s Big Weekend; Roly Smith reviews the latest outdoor books; Martyn Howe describes an artistic community project to walk the coastline of the UK and Ireland; Chris Scaife takes his son Read more

By David Taylor, ago

Outdoor Focus | Winter 2022

In this issue of Outdoor Focus Paddy Dillon wonders whether two books are better than one, Roly Smith reviews the latest outdoor books, Stan Abbott reviews the recent Big Weekend at Grange-over-Sands, and we meet the various winners of this year’s OWPG awards. Read this issue either in a web Read more

By David Taylor, ago

Outdoor Focus | Autumn 2022

In this issue of Outdoor Focus we meet OWPG’s newest members: Andy Wasley and Graham Uney; Ronald Turnbull writes about harsh contracts clauses and iconic hedgehogs; Roly Smith reviews the latest outdoor titles, including Arabian Light by David Bellamy; and Andrew McCloy celebrates the England Coast Path project. Read this Read more

By David Taylor, ago