John D Burns

Carrots?

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020John D Burns 2

For me one of the best things about journeying to remote places and experiencing the adventure that climbing has to offer is the [...]

I had forgotten how magical this place is. I am standing on the board walk where it leads out across the bog through [...]

Watch my review of OEX walking poles [...]

February 29, 2020John D Burns 2

Winter has arrived at full blast in the Scottish Highlands. It’s as if it’s trying to make up for lost time as I [...]

Sometimes all you need to do is find the right path and follow it. This is about my journey. Just a few steps [...]

Listen to John D Burns talking to Rae Helm about his life in the outdoors [...]

Today I took a journey through time. I travelled back 400 years to a time before the industrial revolution, to a time before [...]

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020John D Burns 4

I’ve been climbing for over an hour now. With each meter I climb my pack grows heavier. It’s long time now since I [...]

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020John D Burns 2

Sparrows were a damned nuisance. When I was a boy, over 50 years ago now, they were pretty well everywhere. They fluttered all [...]