BCUK 2020 Photo Competition - September Winner

[Mesquite]

After a tie break I'm pleased to say we have a winner for the September heat of this years Photograph competition and that's Dean

Well done Dean, your photo goes through to the Grand Final in December and you also win a heat prize kindly donated by Tony

For those of you who missed Deans' winning photo here it is again

Taken by Dean, titled 'Finish Koto'

 

[Robbi]

Well done Dean rightly deserved.

I was very proud to be in the tiebreaker with you.

 

[Dean]

Cheers Robbi and to everyone who voted.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Congrats Dean.

 

[TLM]

Curious, where is that pic taken. Never seen fireplace shelter quite like that.

 

[Dean]

This photograph was taken in Finnland on the banks of lake Saimaa near Anttola close to the south east Russian boarder, Wayne Jones of Forset Knights (https://forestknights.co.uk/) runs an 8 day canoing expedition on the Saimaa lake. The shelter is called Koto which roughly translates as 'home' here are a few more photgraphs of the same shelter from different angles.

 

[TLM]

Thanks for pics, yes "koto" is an old fashioned word for home, it is of the same origin as Lapp "kota" which some people here know as "Lavvu".

It is structurally quite clever and gives more protection than some of the leantos. Have to remember that solution.