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John D Burns

Outdoor author and speaker.

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    • The Hot Tent Diaries
    • The Last Hillwalker
    • Bothy Tales
    • Sky Dance
    • Wild Winter
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  • It’s Up to Us: Path restoration project | Podcast

  • Dan Bailey: UKHillwalking.com | Podcast

  • Bobby Motherwell: Singer/Songwriter, Poet and Climber | Podcast

  • Climbing in Yosemite: A Memoir – Dennis Gray | Podcast

  • Martyn Howe: The Coast is Our Compass | Podcast

It’s Up to Us: Path restoration project | Podcast
Dan Bailey: UKHillwalking.com | Podcast

Diversity in the outdoors: Jon Barton | Podcast

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023John D Burns
Jon Barton, who runs Vertebrate Publishing, talks about how new guidebooks and new technology is encouraging more people with a wide range of [...]

John McLellan: The Faultline | Podcast

December 17, 2022December 18, 2022John D Burns
Sometimes a landscape can cast a spell on you, drawing you to it and leaving you changed forever. In John McLellan’s new novel, [...]

Hannah Francis: Fort William Mountain Festival | Podcast

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022John D Burns
From small beginnings Fort William Mountain Festival has become one of the biggest celebrations of outdoor activities in the UK. Now there’s a [...]

David Lintern: Scottish Wild Country Backpacking | Podcast

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022John D Burns
One of the great joys of walking in the Highlands is putting your boots on, picking up your pack and walking into a [...]

Heather Dawe: Mountain Stories | Podcast

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022John D Burns
Mountain writer and artist, Heather Dawe, talks about the challenges of capturing the light in the Cairngorms and her adventures in Sutherland. We [...]

The Camping Crew: Interview | Podcast

November 24, 2022November 24, 2022John D Burns
Had fun chatting to Chris from The Camping Crew Podcast Interesting podcast with news and chat about the campervan life. Listen to the [...]

Brian Hall: High Risk | Podcast

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022John D Burns
“In the 1970s nobody died but in the 1980s all that changed.” Brian Hall The 1970s were a golden age in Himalayan climbing. [...]

Cameron Mc Neish: An Eye to the Hills | Podcast

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022John D Burns
Cameron McNeish Is one of Scotland’s finest mountain authors. In this podcast he talks about his new book, An Eye to the Hills, [...]

Tales from a Scottish Bothy | Blog

November 2, 2022November 4, 2022John D Burns
Bothies are remote shelters in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands. Here’s a little sample story from my bestselling book, Bothy Tales. I [...]

Aleister Crowley: Special Performance | Blog

October 31, 2022November 4, 2022John D Burns 1
I’ll be giving a special performance of my one-man play about occultist and mountaineer, Aleister Crowley, 18 November at Touchwood House Inverness. Tickets [...]

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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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  • It’s Up to Us: Path restoration project | Podcast
  • Dan Bailey: UKHillwalking.com | Podcast
  • Bobby Motherwell: Singer/Songwriter, Poet and Climber | Podcast
  • Climbing in Yosemite: A Memoir – Dennis Gray | Podcast
  • Martyn Howe: The Coast is Our Compass | Podcast

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