Sign of the Times June 21, 2014John D Burns 14 In one of my previous posts http://johndburns.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/true-north/ I made some comments at the expense of Scotways previously known as the Scottish Rights of Way [...]
Lessons on mountain biking or How Not to get to a bothy 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 [...]
The story of my play. Mallory – Beyond Everest June 10, 2014John D Burns 4 Heroes Fall Hearts are Broken But Dreams Never Die A Tale of Life and Death on the Roof of the World Book tickets [...]
Poca Buidhe – The Stolen Bothy 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 [...]
Mallory – Beyond Everest May 3, 2014John D Burns My one man play about George Mallory is in rehearsal right now. It’s hard work but we are getting there. The play is [...]
The Bothy with no Name April 27, 2014johndburns 6 It’s all going pear shaped, I’m running round the house looking for my head torch, my little stove and my set of pans. [...]
Folk Lost on the Hill April 10, 2014johndburns 22 The large black Labrador shuffled uncomfortably in front of the fire. He was, as is typical of his kind, an expert human watcher [...]
Judgement Day March 16, 2014John D Burns 20 The Iron Lodge is behind me, once a proud place, the lodge now languishes with an aura of genteel decay. Light fittings dangle [...]
True North January 15, 2014johndburns 22 This far North, in January, it never really gets light. I can see the sun peeping over the tops of the hills that [...]
New Year Blues January 2, 2014John D Burns 8 Sometimes the weather creeps up on you. You read the forecast and decide there’s nothing doing on the hills for a while and [...]