Armpit Trousers. Tips for Bothy nights
If you are thinking of visiting a Highland bothy, and if it’s something you’ve not experienced you definitely should take the opportunity for
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scottish hill
Sign of the Times
In one of my previous posts http://johndburns.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/true-north/ I made some comments at the expense of Scotways previously known as the Scottish Rights of Way
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Judgement Day
The Iron Lodge is behind me, once a proud place, the lodge now languishes with an aura of genteel decay. Light fittings dangle
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Marathon Men
Now this is going to hurt. I think you can say, with some certainty, that if you sent off from the little seaside
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Re-living the Golden Age with Alex Roddie
If you are in the Scottish hills one winter’s day and you see a Victorian climber step cutting his way up an ice
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“There is nowhere left to go, but everywhere.”
Sometimes you just don’t see what’s on your doorstep. I live beside the river Ness. I see it every day, watch its moods
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Fantastic Cairngorm Journey
I survived! I had a wonderful two days trip in the Cairngorms. Listen to the audio blog here http://johndburns.podomatic.com/entry/2013-04-05T01_18_05-07_00 Lots of photos coming
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Exploding Ice
I’m afraid there’s no way round it. I’m going to have to tell you, and you, dear reader, are just going to have
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Close encounters
I’m driving along the small twisting road that runs between Portree and the Skye Bridge. It’s late at night, very dark and, of
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Napalm, the gardener’s friend.
I’m going to be brave and step into the unknown. I’m about to attempt the impossible. I don’t know if it can be
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