Confessions of a Mountain Bike Novice July 6, 2014johndburns Until a couple of weeks ago I was a mountain bike virgin. I saw people on them but had never ridden one. Now [...]
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 [...]
Maol Bhudhie – episode 2 April 13, 2014John D Burns 8 (If you go two episodes back in the blog you can read the first instalment Judgement Day) It’s the morning after the walk [...]
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 [...]