John D Burns

The last munro

July 17, 2015John D Burns 3

Not blogging much right now, too busy working on my book The Last Hillwalker. Hopefully I’ll be back soon. Here’s a wee cartoon, [...]

June 22, 2015John D Burns 5

June 19, 2015John D Burns 5

First appeared in ukhillwalking.com [...]

June 2, 2015John D Burns 2

April 26, 2015John D Burns 5

The helicopter lurches violently as it swings round the end of ridge and into the head wind coming down the glen. “Good of [...]

April 25, 2015John D Burns 9

I can see the bothy from here. It’s tantalisingly close. In fact I’ve been able to see the bothy for quite a while. [...]

January 20, 2015johndburns 1

This Saturday I’ll be bringing my one-man play about George Mallory to Buxton Pavilion Arts centre. A Night on Everest, organised by [...]

First appeared on the Hillwalking UK website. Hope you enjoy. Happy Christmas to my readers. [...]

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 [...]