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Books are dead. In the future no one will read paperbacks, e-books will rule and the only place for paper books will be found will be in a museum. Click […]
Normally, when I’m out in the hills, I don’t worry too much about what the ground beneath my feet feels like. The earth I stand on is just sort of […]
The helicopter lurches violently as it swings round the end of ridge and into the head wind coming down the glen. “Good of you to come,” gasps the Man from […]
If you are thinking of visiting a Highland bothy, and if it’s something you’ve not experienced you definitely should take the opportunity for at least one bothy night, here’s a […]
In one of my previous posts https://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 Society. The feature was subsequently published in […]
The Iron Lodge is behind me, once a proud place, the lodge now languishes with an aura of genteel decay. Light fittings dangle from its walls, parts of the ceiling […]
Now this is going to hurt. I think you can say, with some certainty, that if you sent off from the little seaside town of Nairn with the intent to […]
If you are in the Scottish hills one winter’s day and you see a Victorian climber step cutting his way up an ice gully don’t panic, you’re not seeing a […]