johndburns

Expensive gear – Cartoon

Having fun creating these. I think the guy on the right is going to become a character I use a lot. Have to [...]

September 13, 2014johndburns 14

“I’m going to start climbing,” a friend told me last summer. My mind raced back to when I began climbing forty years ago. [...]

In the deep darkness waves of rain sweep down the glen, battering the hills, bouncing pebbles off the tracks and swelling the engorged [...]

August 4, 2014johndburns 2

There are many odd places you can walk but in August of every year there is no mile odder than Edinburgh’s Royal [...]

July 31, 2014johndburns 4

“This Play was written by God and is performed by Jesus.” I yell at the top of my voice whilst walking down Edinburgh’s [...]

July 25, 2014johndburns 6

It’s almost here, in a few nights I’ll be carried away on that avalanche of culture called the Edinburgh Fringe. I’ll lose a [...]

July 17, 2014johndburns 6

The Edinburgh Fringe is almost upon us and my blog will change for a while when I’m there as my life will be [...]

Until a couple of weeks ago I was a mountain bike virgin. I saw people on them but had never ridden one. Now [...]

June 19, 2014johndburns 4

Everything has just gone pear shaped. I hit the ground with an emphatic thud. My legs float skywards and I can see the clouds [...]

May 16, 2014johndburns 12

It’s all very hush, hush. I’ve issued conflicting information on which Scottish mountain I’m going to camp on to confuse the opposition. As [...]