The Strangest Mile In the World
There are many odd places you can walk but in August of every year there is no mile odder than Edinburgh’s Royal
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Soggy Edinburgh Fringe photo blog
They tell me it won’t rain for the whole of August but I’m not sure, the Edinburgh skies look fit to burst to
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Written by God -Performed by Jesus
“This Play was written by God and is performed by Jesus.” I yell at the top of my voice whilst walking down Edinburgh’s
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Commuting to Solitude
It happens to all of us most of the time these days. You look in your calendar and something’s missing, someone has stolen
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Edinbugh Fringe – Ego Addict
It’s almost here, in a few nights I’ll be carried away on that avalanche of culture called the Edinburgh Fringe. I’ll lose a
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Mallory and Everest, a family affair
Some men cast shadows that linger for generations after their death. George Mallory was such a man. While researching my one man play
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Mallory: Beyond Everest
The Edinburgh Fringe is almost upon us and my blog will change for a while when I’m there as my life will be
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Confessions of a Mountain Bike Novice
Until a couple of weeks ago I was a mountain bike virgin. I saw people on them but had never ridden one. Now
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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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Lessons on mountain biking or How Not to get to a bothy
Everything has just gone pear shaped. I hit the ground with an emphatic thud. My legs float skywards and I can see the clouds
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