Great review for my book in Outdoor Enthusiast Mag September 11, 2017John D Burns 2 Here’s another great review for The Last Hillwalker from Outdoor Enthusiast Magazine’s David Lintern Outdoor Enthusiast is the UK’s only multi-activity outdoor magazine. [...]
Returning to Gelder Shiel Bothy July 31, 2017August 1, 2017John D Burns 2 Ah! there my young footsteps in infancy, wander’d: My cap was the bonnet, my cloak was the plaid; On chieftains, long perish’d, my [...]
Loch Quoich and the disappearing biscuit Listen to part of the Last Hillwalker where John and his companions trek across the Scottish Highlands, find a lake that isn’t there and [...]
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 [...]
Pennine Way Day 2 Crowden to Mankinholes May 31, 2017John D Burns 4 I have been walking for a long, long time. The past life I have has faded into oblivion. I have become a simple [...]
A day on the Great Glen Way April 10, 2017April 11, 2017John D Burns 1 Here’s my latest trip along the Great Glen Way from Drumnadrochit to Inverness beside Loch Ness. I jumped on the bus and waved [...]
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 [...]
An Actor’s life November 6, 2016John D Burns 5 I don’t do it for the glamour, really I don’t. I get no thrill from signing autographs and I’m not the sort of [...]
The night the Bothy burned October 18, 2016John D Burns 1 As soon as I said it, I felt the atmosphere change. It had been warm and cosy in the little Bothy, and the [...]