A family microadventure to Loch Leven for a spot of dipping and wild swimming.
Author: Kevin Johnston
Exploring the hills and glens of Scotland on foot is my passion. A quick cycle, a days snowboarding or a multi-day hike, I'm happiest discovering something new about our gorgeous country and hopefully I can motivate others to do the same.
I try my hand at most things, snowboarding, film making, sheep shearing, eating, sports, sports bars, other bars, barbells etc. Come along and see for yourself.
Great Pairs
Great pairings….A pie and a pint, bacon and eggs, hide and seek, Tom and Jerry…. How about a morning canoeing…. And an afternoon on West
Do you take your swimming goggles for a walk?
This is a question you won’t often ask yourself. Although stranger things do happen I suppose. My mum used to take her cats for a
Grid Square Journeys no. 3 – NN 7941 (Meall a’ Choire Chreagaich and a Swim!)
For the third of my Grid Square Journeys, I needed to do some tweaking. I’ve used the same number of steps since I was first
Every Knight Needs a Steed
Another in the series of things we’ve built to improve our garden (now called the race track), entertain Young Johnston and get us through lockdown!
Wet Walking
When it’s 25oC, where’s should you walk?… Sauntered from Prestonpans to North Berwick along the John Muir Way and Costa del East Lothian today with
Who Needs a Beach?
Another in the series of things we’ve built to improve our garden, entertain Young Johnston and get us through lockdown! A sand pit!
Have Boat. No Paddle. Make Paddle. Have Paddle!
Another in the series of things we’ve built to improve our garden (ok, not so much the garden…), entertain Young Johnston and get us through
Grid Square Journeys no. 2 – NO 1314 (Balmanno Hill)
Fort William has Ben Nevis. Pitlochry has Ben Vrackie. Auchterarder has Craig Rossie. Even the smallest of village usually has a local hill, even if
Cooking in the Garden
Another in the series of things we’ve built to improve our garden, entertain Young Johnston and get us through lockdown! A mud kitchen.
Grid Square Journeys no. 1 – NO 1114 (West Dron Hill and Pitkeathly Loch)
The coronavirus lockdown of the last 10 weeks has finally started to ease a little. On Thursday, 67 long days after it started, Nicola Sturgeon
Lockdown Bivvy
Where will I go? A question normally with a thousand answers. At the moment, because of the lockdown, there is only one….. A microadventure in
