Thud – Cartoon September 19, 2014johndburns Share if you like, just link the blog. I’ve sent off for a book on how to draw cartoons, badly needed as you [...]
Expensive gear – Cartoon September 17, 2014johndburns Having fun creating these. I think the guy on the right is going to become a character I use a lot. Have to [...]
Some where in a lonely glen – Cartoon September 15, 2014John D Burns 6 My first tottering steps as a cartoonist. Feel free to post this anywhere you like. Give me a credit and a link to [...]
It’s life Jim, but not as we know it. September 13, 2014johndburns 14 “I’m going to start climbing,” a friend told me last summer. My mind raced back to when I began climbing forty years ago. [...]
Things to Come September 8, 2014johndburns In the deep darkness waves of rain sweep down the glen, battering the hills, bouncing pebbles off the tracks and swelling the engorged [...]
Edinburgh Remembers World War One August 12, 2014John D Burns 2 A couple of days ago another procession wound it’s way past the jugglers, the clowns and tired comedians who throng Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. [...]
Mallory: Beyond Everest July 17, 2014johndburns 6 The Edinburgh Fringe is almost upon us and my blog will change for a while when I’m there as my life will be [...]
Confessions of a Mountain Bike Novice July 6, 2014johndburns Until a couple of weeks ago I was a mountain bike virgin. I saw people on them but had never ridden one. Now [...]
Sign of the Times June 21, 2014John D Burns 14 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 [...]
Lessons on mountain biking or How Not to get to a bothy June 19, 2014johndburns 4 Everything has just gone pear shaped. I hit the ground with an emphatic thud. My legs float skywards and I can see the clouds [...]