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OWPG Best Guidebook award 2017

October 19, 2017by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

I’m back from the Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild (OWPG) annual AGM weekend. To be fair I didn’t have to travel too far, as it was just up the road […]

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Fell running guiding ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ today over Loughrigg. Feels like Spring has arrived in the Lake District now! ~ #lakedistrict #fellrunning #running #mountainrunning #ambleside #loughrigg #grasmere #rydal #trailrunning #internationalmountainleader #mountainleader #baiml #uimla #lakelanders #cumbria
Watching the sunset from Red Screes tonight ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒ… with the Monster. Alpine travels donโ€™t make these fells any less majestic. If anything, quite the opposite. ~ #lakedistrict #cumbria #igerscumbria #sunset #fells #redscrees #mountains #mountainlife #landscapephotography #landscape_captures #lakelanders #igersuk #silhouette #windermere #ambleside
Spindrift, sunshine, storms, snowshoes. Grand St Bernard ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธโ›๐Ÿฅพ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น in full winter conditions. Crossing the Alps in Napoleons footsteps! ~ #grandsaintbernard #grandstbernard #hospicedugrandsaintbernard #snowshoeing #raquettes #winter #endlesswinter #snowday #spindrift #bourgstpierre #avalancheawareness #internationalmountainleader #switzerland #suisse #instaswitzerland #instasuisse #instaitalia #instaitaly #swissalps #italianalps #italy #mountains #baiml #uimla #napoleon #iciclemountaineering @iciclemountaineering
Right snow, you can stop now! Another day of 4/5 avalanche risk, and the valley is getting buried in seemingly endless snow. The eyes say it all โ›„๏ธโ„๏ธ๐Ÿ”โ›๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ~ #snowday #snowshoeing #chamonix #avalanche #raquettes #lavancher #avalancheawareness #internationalmountainleader #uimla #snam #baiml #frenchalps #instafrance #endlesswinter
Amazing snow below Col du Bonhomme today. Wind blown deep powder ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธโ›๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿฅพ at the head of the Les Contamines valley. ~ #lescontamines #nantborrant #refugelabalme #coldubonhomme #winter #snowshoeing #raquettes #instafrance #powdersnow #snowday #uimla #baiml #internationalmountainleader #frenchalps #chamonix #chamonixmontblanc #chamonixsnowshoeing @iciclemountaineering
When the storms rages loud in the mountains, itโ€™s more important than ever to listen to the small quiet voice of intuition, and to adapt plans ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿฅพ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท A day in the whiteroom, in forests half buried in snow above Servoz today. ~ #lacvert #servoz #snowday #snowstorm #frenchalps #chamonix #chamonixmontblanc #instafrance #snowshoeing #internationalmountainleader #raquettes #uimla #baiml #avalancheawareness
Guiding up to Loriaz today, in perfect conditions ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธโ›๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿฅพ Great snow underfoot, and blue skies overhead. ~ #refugedeloriaz #croixdeloriaz #vallorcine #couteray #lebuet #chamonix #montblanc #snow #internationalmountainleader #powderday #snowshoeing #raquettes #bluebird
Untracked powder all the way up to Chalets de Chailloux 1923m today ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธโ›๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿฅพ for my avalanche training snowshoeing group. Had the mountain to ourselves. Perfect! ~ #chamonix #leshouches #avalanche #avalanchetraining #avalanchesafety #chamonixmontblanc #snow #snowshoeing #snowshoe #powderday #mountains #mountainlife #uimla #baiml #internationalmountainleader
Snow in Chamonix right now โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Plenty to think about for guiding work this week. Tomorrow quite aptly leading an avalanche training group! ~ #snow #snowday #snowstorms #snowdriving #chamonix #frenchalps #chamonixmontblanc #snowfall #avalanche #winterstorm
Amazing few winters days guiding on the Lake District fells ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธโ›๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ Snow, shards of sunlight, smiles. Hard to beat these days! ~ #LakeDistrict #cumbria #winter #snow #winterwalk #mountains #mountainlife #internationalmountainleader #baiml #uimla #mountainleader #winterskills #mountainsafety #ambleside
Ice, rime, snow ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธโ›๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งCrampons, inversions, cairns. Perfect winter day on Red Screes and Kirkstone fells. ~ #redscrees #kirkstone #hartsop #winter #kirkstonepass #snow #winterwalking #winterโ„๏ธ #Cumbria #lakedistrict #lakedistrictuk #ukwinter #patterdale #fromlakelandwithlove #thelakelanders #bestukpics #beautifulplaces #igerscumbria #capturingbritain_rural #scenicbritain #landscape_lovers #landscapephotography #landscape_captures #landscapelovers #nature_seekers #landscapehunter #landscape_lovers #landscapestyles #nature_perfection #getoutside #theplacetobe
Finally the Lake District is slipping on its snowy mantle, the ice spreading across the tarns, the becks drying to a trickle. ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ The monochromatic stark beauty of the winter fells is a magical playground. ~ #lakedistrict #cumbria #winter #frozen #mountains #igerscumbria #snow #loughrigg #ambleside #fromlakelandwithlove #thelakelanders #bestukpics #beautifulplaces #capturingbritain_rural #scenicbritain #landscape_lovers #landscapephotography #landscape_captures #landscapelovers #nature_seekers #landscapehunter #landscape_lovers #landscapestyles #nature_perfection #getoutside #theplacetobe
Top 9 days in the โ€˜officeโ€™ in 2018 ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Ž A big thank you to everyone Iโ€™ve run with and guided this year. Happy New Year! ~ #welivetoexplore #running #mountainrunning #trailrunning #fellrunning #chamonix #lakedistrict #topnine #topnine2018 #happynewyear
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท for New Year. Great to be back in these mountains. โ€ข ๐Ÿ“ท 1: ๐ŸŒ… Sunset over Aiguilles du Chamonix. 2: ๐Ÿถ Maximus in his element. 3: โ› Snow & rock. 4: โ„๏ธ Fimbulvetr โ€˜endless winterโ€™. 5: ๐ŸŒ„ Sunrise at chalet. 6: ๐Ÿงญ Snowshoeing today. โ€ข #chamonix #chamonixmontblanc #montblanc #winter #snow #alpenglow #frenchalps #newyear2019 #mountains #mountainlife #snowshoeing #fimbulvetr #endlesswinter #bernesemountaindog #berner @chamonixmontblanc
Absolutely delighted and humbled to see my small contribution to the @ciceronepress โ€œFeaturing Fifty Years of Adventureโ€ book in print today! ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿ˜ƒ โ€ข They say never to meet your heroโ€™s, but to be in print next to legends like Alan Hinkes, is quite amazing. Iโ€™m still buzzing from seeing this project come to fruition, and the awesome range of adventures that are featured. โ€ข Iโ€™ve not put this book down yet, as the photography, writing and format is captivating. Treat yourself to a quite unique and inspirational present. Even if Iโ€™d not been lucky enough to be it, Iโ€™d have gone out and bought a copy. Hereโ€™s the link; https://www.cicerone.co.uk/fifty-years-of-adventure โ€ข Happy 50th Birthday Cicerone, and hope Iโ€™m still around to see your centenary edition too! โ€ข #outdoorwriter #author #ciceronepress #cicerone50 #adventure #adventurebook #mountains #mountainlife #chamonix #trailrunning #chamonixmontblanc #lakedistrict #fellrunning #ultratrail #ultratraining #instarunners
Herdy standing as proud sentinel in front of the Langdale Pikes this morning ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŒค ~ #herdy #herdwick #herdwicksheep #langdale #greatlangdale #elterwater #lakedistrict #cumbria #igerscumbria #cloudporn #lakedistrictnationalpark #fromlakelandwithlove #thelakelanders #bestukpics #beautifulplaces #capturingbritain_rural #scenicbritain #landscape_lovers #landscapephotography #landscape_captures #landscapelovers #nature_seekers #landscapehunter #landscape_lovers #landscapestyles #nature_perfection #getoutside #theplacetobe
Maximus being Maximus above Rydal ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ˜›๐Ÿ• ~ ~ #LakeDistrict #thelakedistrict #bernesemountaindogs #berner #bernese #dogsofinstagram #instadog #rydal #grasmere #lakedistrictdogs #Cumbria #lakedistrictuk #ambleside
Icy start on a frosty dawn on the Garburn Pass track, from Troutbeck to Kentmere today ๐Ÿ”โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅถ๐ŸŒ… ~ #LakeDistrict #cumbria #igerscumbria #igerscumbria_winter #winter #sunrise #dawn #dawnpatrol #clouds #lakedistrictuk #troutbeck #kentmere #garburnpass #dubbslane #fromlakelandwithlove #thelakelanders #bestukpics #beautifulplaces #capturingbritain_rural #scenicbritain #landscape_lovers #landscapephotography #landscape_captures #landscapelovers #nature_seekers #landscapehunter #landscape_lovers #landscapestyles #nature_perfection #getoutside #theplacetobe

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