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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 …

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 …

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 …

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; …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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Inaugural OWPG Regional Get-together

Kicking off the first, of hopefully many regional OWPG Members get-togethers, the Northern England regional group is organising a day’s walking in the dramatic valley of the Upper Eden. This …

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 …