scotland – Page 13 – John D Burns

Treasure in the Hills

Every now and again life just goes pear shaped. It happens on a fairly regular basis for me and I’ve no reason to [...]

I’ve been looking at a lot of geo-porn recently. In moments of weakness I’ve been fantasising about what it would be like to [...]

I have a theory. It may be a bit crackpot but at the end of this little blog I’m sure you’ll agree that [...]

“Those things,” said my mate Dave, pointing at a rather nice armchair covered in a blue flowery material, “kill people.” I’ve always been [...]

There is grass in my baked beans – I must be camping. It doesn’t matter how carefully you cook things when you are [...]

The huge ginger monster glowered at me from behind the bar of the Clachaig Inn and said it again, “We’ve poison bridies.” I [...]

“Have you got me?” I called down to John and was assured all was well. I let go of the top of [...]

This splendid photo was posted on the Scottish Hills forum in response to one of my posts about eating pies on the hills. [...]

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 [...]

My universe turned white. There were no other colours visible. If I looked up I saw snow falling if I looked down I [...]