The Scottish Highlands
En route through the Scottish Highlands in a campervan – here’s my blog on an amazing road-trip along the North Coast 500 in a campervan with a bump!
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Holidaying in Scotland with a campervan and a bump
In early September, Catherine, the bump and I headed up to Scotland for a final holiday before the little one arrived. The weather in Scotland is seldom camping friendly, nor is a large 8-month bump really, so we decided to hire a campervan! It’s also a very Covid...
Greece’s Prespa Lakes
This was taken whilst exploring the Prespa Lakes – where Greece, Albania and North Macedonia meet. I didn’t write about these few days but you can read about our spectacular 5 days of trekking...
Climbing Mount Olympus
After a spectacular five days trekking through the Pindus Mountains, Dyl and I were excited to climb Greece’s most iconic peak – Mount Olympus. Rising almost straight from the Aegean...
Trekking in the Pindus Mountains of northern Greece
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...
Climbing Mount Fuji
Perhaps the image more closely associated with Japan than any other is that of the perfectly symmetrical snow-capped...
Following the Springboks around Japan in the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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
Hiking in the Japanese Alps
Outside of Mt Fuji, I didn’t associate Japan with hiking. Once we started planning our inaugural BURTSandBORTZ adventure to
Iceland’s Laugavegur Trail
Our unbelievable 3 night, 4 day trek of one of Iceland’s most famous routes – the stunning 55km Laugavegur Trail from Þórsmörk to Landmannalaugar.
Iceland’s Fimmvörðuháls Trail
Jumping around Iceland whilst hiking the spectacular Fimmvörðuháls trail from Skógar to Þórsmörk.