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Death and power in the Highlands

The mountains and glens of the Scottish Highlands are famed for their beauty and tranquillity. These are places where great peaks [...]

June 9, 2019June 9, 2019John D Burns 2

Let’s face it, we all have a love/hate relationship with our rucksacks. The adverts show a happy hiker grinning like a baboon with [...]

I’m delighted to be able to tell you that the scheme I outlined in such terms of derision yesterday has been scrapped. In [...]

June 3, 2019June 3, 2019John D Burns 2

If someone were to ask you to pay for something you can already get for free, like walking in the park or gazing [...]

May 26, 2019June 3, 2019John D Burns 4

It’s a long way from Africa to the little Island of Mull off the west coast of Scotland. It’s especially a long way [...]

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019John D Burns 4

I’ve done it at last! It’s finished. So sorry to all my followers and regular readers that this blog has been quiet for [...]

January 26, 2019May 26, 2019John D Burns 3

I’m walking through an old oak wood on the west coast of Scotland. The air is soaked by a fine mist, so wet [...]

You can download my best selling book completely free to your kindle and e-reader. You need to be quick though as the offer [...]

The Major is plodding ahead of me and I follow him, grateful that I am not carrying his gigantic, army issue sack, crammed [...]

In 1924 George Mallory and Sandy Irvine vanished on their attempt to climb Mount Everest creating the greatest mystery in the history of [...]