Pennine Way Podcast Day 1 Edale to Crowden
John Burns talks about his experiences walking the Pennine way, then, 1974 as a 19 year old, and now, in his retirement.
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The Pennine Way Forty Years on. Edale to Crowden
It’s hot for May. On the small station platform at Edale, the air is filled with bird song and the scent of flowers
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Achnanclach Bothy
Join me as I visit this remote bothy in the North of Scotland. If you enjoyed the recording like this page or make
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A day on the Great Glen Way
Here’s my latest trip along the Great Glen Way from Drumnadrochit to Inverness beside Loch Ness. I jumped on the bus and waved
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Can you outrun a wildfire?
I am following a small path, and reach a point where the glen steepens and narrows. Soon the glen is reduced to steep
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Fire and Men
It’s dark and raining heavily now. The bothy fire smokes for a few minutes, coughs, splutters and then dies. Charlie, my walking companion
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The Gravity Trap
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
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Small Things
We spend our time in the hills gazing across huge vistas, wondering at the enormity of the hills around us, staring across
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station at the end of the universe
I have finished my book. The Last Hillwalker is now looking for a publisher. Now I can blog again! I’ve loads to tell
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