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John D Burns Walks About

March 23, 2017John D Burns 1

Here’s the first of my new series of audio blogs. It’s about 7 mins, give it a listen. In this episode I talk [...]

March 23, 2017October 13, 2022John D Burns 4

Want to spend a night in your first bothy but not sure how? Here are my top tips for your first bothy. A [...]

November 6, 2016John D Burns 5

I don’t do it for the glamour, really I don’t. I get no thrill from signing autographs and I’m not the sort of [...]

May 13, 2016John D Burns 3

I am following a small path, and reach a point where the glen steepens and narrows. Soon the glen is reduced to steep [...]

April 11, 2016John D Burns 7

It’s dark and raining heavily now. The bothy fire smokes for a few minutes, coughs, splutters and then dies. Charlie, my walking companion [...]

April 5, 2016John D Burns 5

Normally, when I’m out in the hills, I don’t worry too much about what the ground beneath my feet feels like. The earth [...]

March 25, 2016John D Burns 5

I have finished my book. The Last Hillwalker is now looking for a publisher. Now I can blog again! I’ve loads to tell [...]

July 17, 2015John D Burns 3

Not blogging much right now, too busy working on my book The Last Hillwalker. Hopefully I’ll be back soon. Here’s a wee cartoon, [...]

June 22, 2015John D Burns 5