Hampshire-based explorer John Pilkington continues his travelogue, telling Emily Briffett how a childhood love of maps led to his wanderings in far flung corners of the globe. Here he regales us with tales of tracing dinosaur footprints in Bolivia, witnessing the birth of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, getting stranded in Antarctica, tracking down Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and becoming the first European to visit the source of Mekong River.
John Pilkington
As some of you will know, John travels the world and brings back stories. He’s written books and has worked for BBC Radio 4, making documentaries and appearing on programmes like ‘From Our Own Correspondent’. In Hampshire you might have been to one of the illustrated talks he gives at Winchester Discovery Centre and elsewhere. He’s spoken to over 1,000 audiences in six countries, and holds the Royal Geographical Society’s Ness Award for popularising geography and the understanding of the world.
Further Information and Additional Links
You can visit John’s website to find out more about him and his many adventures, and you can contact him at John@pilk.net