scotland – Page 13 – John D Burns

I’m so excited – I’ve been benighted!

It finally happened, after over thirty years on the hills, an enforced bivi! I think I’m pushing back the frontiers of incompetence now. [...]

Last weekend I was alone in the Scottish mountains. At one point I was high on a narrow ridge of windblown snow with [...]

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 [...]