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  • Mick Fowler: Eternal Alpinist | Podcast

  • Gear review: Brede II jacket – 5 years

  • Jack Longland – Biography: Mark Lambert | Podcast

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Mick Fowler: Eternal Alpinist | Podcast
Gear review: Brede II jacket – 5 years

Granny walk 5 Dores Inn and Loch Ness

July 16, 2012johndburns
I’m driving along the shore of Loch Ness, my eight year old daughter in the back of the car, when she suddenly yells [...]

How to get into your old trousers

July 14, 2012johndburns
I have a wardrobe full of old trousers I never wear.  I don’t wear them because I can’t get into them but I [...]

Become one with the rain

July 13, 2012johndburns
I have decided to become one with the rain.  No one told us here in the UK summer had been cancelled; they just [...]

I don’t need to diet, do I?

July 12, 2012johndburns
I took one look at myself in the photo and realised I’ve been eating my way to paradise, well an early grave at [...]

Gravity will get you in the end

July 10, 2012johndburns
“It’s not too far down, I think I can jump it,” announced John, he’s on all fours peering over the edge of a [...]

Arriving Nowhere

July 9, 2012johndburns
When I got off the ferry I thought there had been some mistake.  The road simply ran into the sea and all I [...]

Granny Walk 4 – the cat’s back

July 7, 2012johndburns
I promise you, without a word of lie, that this is probably the best granny walk in the Highlands.  Why?  Because it combines [...]

The trouble with trousers

July 6, 2012johndburns
  The atmosphere at the shop counter is becoming noticeably tense.  I’ve been here too long, I can tell. “That’s £1.50,” the shop [...]

Out of my window

July 5, 2012johndburns
  Strange how you take things for granted and familiar things gets ignored, like the view from my window.  I overlook the river [...]

Meeting the Beast

July 4, 2012johndburns
Listen to the podcast here http://aleister-crowley.podomatic.com/ Ask any climber about Aleister Crowley and those who know a little of the history of this [...]

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John D. Burns has spent over forty years among the mountains of the Scottish Highlands. He is an author and public speaker. His books tell of his adventures in this iconic landscape and have become classics for those who love wild places.
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From the Highlands of Scotland, climbers, hikers and nature lovers talk about their experiences in the wild

Mick Fowler: Eternal Alpinist | Podcast
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Mick Fowler talks about taking back his life after a cancer diagnoses and returning to the mountains.

Mick Fowler: Eternal Alpinist | Podcast
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Jack Longland – Biography: Mark Lambert | Podcast
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Peter Silburn: The Norwich Cycling Campaign | Podcast
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Steve Micklewright: Scottish Rewilding Alliance | Podcast
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David Barter. Great Scottish Bike Rides| Podcast
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It’s Up to Us: Path restoration project | Podcast
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Dan Bailey: UKHillwalking.com | Podcast
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Bobby Motherwell: Singer/Songwriter, Poet and Climber | Podcast
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Climbing in Yosemite: A Memoir – Dennis Gray | Podcast
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