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The Revive Campaign come to Inverness

September 18, 2019John D Burns 2

The Revive campaign against driven Grouse Shooting is coming to Inverness on Thursday 26th of September at 7.00 pm at the Spectrum centre. [...]

Here’s my latest podcast about my new novel Sky Dance. In this podcast I talk about why I felt I had to write [...]

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

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 [...]

October 29, 2017October 29, 2017John D Burns 5

The world is full of giants. They lumber about me and I, at four years, scamper between their legs waiting for the occasional [...]

October 18, 2016John D Burns 1

As soon as I said it, I felt the atmosphere change. It had been warm and cosy in the little Bothy, and the [...]

I reported the destruction of the nesting site to the Police, who were very helpful, but it’s only an offence if the nesting [...]

Sometimes I see things that really make me incensed. A little while ago I wrote about a Sand Martin nesting site on the [...]