Baby Eels in a Highland stream June 15, 2017June 16, 2017John D Burns 1 Really delighted to have captured this amazing sight on video. Baby eels in a Highland stream. Here’s a great blog about eel fishing [...]
Adventure for Sale June 10, 2017John D Burns 4 Books are dead. In the future no one will read paperbacks, e-books will rule and the only place for paper books will be [...]
The Last Hillwalker – video blog May 27, 2017May 28, 2017John D Burns Find out more about my book The Last Hillwalker in my new video [...]
The Pennine Way Forty Years on. Edale to Crowden May 24, 2017May 26, 2017John D Burns 3 It’s hot for May. On the small station platform at Edale, the air is filled with bird song and the scent of flowers [...]
Faindouran Bothy or Bust April 4, 2017April 11, 2017John D Burns 1 Join me on this audio blog as I walk into the heart of the Cairngorms and spend the night in Faindouran Bothy. [...]
How to light a bothy fire March 30, 2017December 29, 2020John D Burns After six miles slogging up a mountain track, heading for a bothy, I start to hate my pack. It’s heavy, cumbersome, and expects [...]
10 Tips for your first bothy trip March 23, 2017October 13, 2022John D Burns 4 Want to spend a night in your first bothy but not sure how? Here are my top tips for your first bothy. A [...]
Can you outrun a wildfire? May 13, 2016John D Burns 3 I am following a small path, and reach a point where the glen steepens and narrows. Soon the glen is reduced to steep [...]
The Gravity Trap April 5, 2016John D Burns 5 Normally, when I’m out in the hills, I don’t worry too much about what the ground beneath my feet feels like. The earth [...]
Small Things March 27, 2016John D Burns We spend our time in the hills gazing across huge vistas, wondering at the enormity of the hills around us, staring across [...]