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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Good Reads for Bad Days December 28, 2013johndburns 6 I’m writing this in the little blip that exists in all our lives between Christmas and new Year. It’s like a temporary truce [...]
Tear the compass from my cold dead hand. December 22, 2013John D Burns 36 I’m in the forest, it’s dark, I’m on a path that didn’t exist when they made the map I’m using. I can see [...]
Cotton Joe made it! December 11, 2013johndburns 8 This is the guy I met on that wet day in Glencoul. See my previous two posts. Cotton Joe at the end of [...]
The Downhill Mountaineering Club November 24, 2013John D Burns 28 Part two of my Glencoul odyssey Sometimes you know in advance that things are not going to go your way. My plan is [...]