The original plan had been to visit Albania, North Macedonia and Kosovo. When reading about hiking in Albania, I discovered that just across the border in northern Greece are the Pindus Mountains and thus when travel to Albania wasn’t possible, we decided to head to Greece. Like many others...
Perhaps the image more closely associated with Japan than any other is that of the perfectly symmetrical snow-capped...
One of my earliest childhood memories is being woken by my dad at 4.30am on a Saturday morning to watch the Springboks take on the All Blacks in New Zealand. For 25 years I dreamt of watching the Springboks live in New Zealand and in 2011 that dream became a reality as
Outside of Mt Fuji, I didn’t associate Japan with hiking. Once we started planning our inaugural BURTSandBORTZ adventure to
Our unbelievable 3 night, 4 day trek of one of Iceland’s most famous routes – the stunning 55km Laugavegur Trail from Þórsmörk to Landmannalaugar.
Jumping around Iceland whilst hiking the spectacular Fimmvörðuháls trail from Skógar to Þórsmörk.
After a spectacular day walking Iceland’s Fimmvörðuháls Trail from Skógar to Þórsmörk, we were excited to continue on the 55km Laugavegur Trail to Landmannalaugar. Situated in the south of...
Trekking and camping for almost a week with a full pack and in what will likely be cold and wet weather is definitely not everyone’s idea of a holiday! It is ours, though, and we came to Iceland to walk 🙂 We were excited to...
Growing up within walking distance of St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth, I spent my youth watching every match that came to town (as well as all practices). Before our re-admission, it was the mighty Eastern Province, led by Kepler Wessels, that had my complete devotion and I can...
I was at a networking drinks event a few years ago where former Springbok captain Jean de Villiers was the guest speaker. Speaking afterwards, I asked him what his favourite ground was and he replied without hesitation – Thomond Park (home of Munster rugby). I messaged a few...