John D Burns

Granny Walk 3 – Drumnadrochit

Drumnadrochit, around 13 miles from Inverness is a great place to take your granny. There’s a fine castle, even if it’s a bit [...]

I once went on a Leave no Trace course designed to teach you how to be environmentally friendly in the outdoors. We had [...]

One of the great things about hill walking is that it is the perfect excuse to eat all the unhealthy food you want [...]

I’m on the final summit push, legs aching and the scorching sun searing my flesh and you know the most amazing thing…I’m in [...]

The approach to Ryvoan bothy, described in the above post, is another great granny walk. The walk to the green Lochan, you pass [...]

In May I visited a night club in the centre of the Cairngorm Mountains. I can hear the outcry now at the sacrilege [...]

Had an amazing day in the Cairngorms a little while ago. On the 28th of January, my 57th birthday, I headed across the [...]

I dread rail trips, they fill me with horror. It’s not the trip itself, anyone can sit on a train staring out of [...]

Sometimes you just have to take a long hard look at yourself. This photo of me convinced me that the time had come [...]

Looking for somewhere to go walking with your gran but the country side in the Highlands is a big scary place where things [...]