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The Hot Tent Diaries: Exploring Scotland in a tent with a woodburning stove
Ever thought about camping in the Highlands of Scotland in the depths of winter? If you have the words cold, wet and miserable might be in your mind. This book will change your mind.
Forced to abandon his beloved bothies by the restrictions of the pandemic, John searched for a new way to allow him to continue his adventures all year round. After a series of disasters in flimsy nylon tents he discovered there was a different way of camping he had never seen before, the Hot Tent. A Hot Tent is camping with a difference in a substantial tent fitted with a wood burning stove capable of keeping you warm and dry in all weathers.
In this book John, the author of bestselling outdoor books The Last Hillwalker and Bothy Tales, discovers a new way to explore the wild Scottish Highlands. There are stories of adventure, told with John's usual dry sense of humour. The Hot Tent Diaries is an invitation for you to join John in his escape to the natural world.
Forced to abandon his beloved bothies by the restrictions of the pandemic, John searched for a new way to allow him to continue his adventures all year round. After a series of disasters in flimsy nylon tents he discovered there was a different way of camping he had never seen before, the Hot Tent. A Hot Tent is camping with a difference in a substantial tent fitted with a wood burning stove capable of keeping you warm and dry in all weathers.
In this book John, the author of bestselling outdoor books The Last Hillwalker and Bothy Tales, discovers a new way to explore the wild Scottish Highlands. There are stories of adventure, told with John's usual dry sense of humour. The Hot Tent Diaries is an invitation for you to join John in his escape to the natural world.
311 pages, Paperback
Published October 7, 2022
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John D. Burns
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The combination of John’s love of the outdoors with his passion for writing and performance makes him a uniquely powerful storyteller. In his writing, John tells tales of his travels in the mountains, in his performance he talks of the profound relationship between men and wild places.
John has taken his one man plays to the Edinburgh Fringe and toured them widely around theatres and mountain festivals in the UK. John ‘s first play, Aleister Crowley: A Passion for Evil attracted great audiences in the Edinburgh Fringe of 2010.
His second play, Mallory: Beyond Everest, is a re-telling of the life of the legendary Everest mountaineer. The play was first performed in the Edinburgh Fringe of 2014 and in John portrays a man torn between his love of his wife and his burning ambition to conquer the world’s highest mountain.
Despite the serious subjects he deals with, humour is always close to the surface in everything he does. In The Last Hillwalker John brings together over forty year’s experience in the mountains of the British Isles to stories from our hills with humour and compassion.
Originally from Merseyside, John moved to the capital of the Highlands, Inverness, over thirty years ago, to follow his passion for the hills. For over 40 years he has walked and climbed the hills of Scotland whilst also making occasional trips to more exotic location like the Alps, the Pyrenes and the Canadian Rockies.
An expert ice climber, he was also a member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, and has taken part in numerous rescues in the Highlands. More recently he has rediscovered his love for remote bothies (isolated mountain shelters) and regularly visits the wilder places of his Scottish home.
John is an award-winning mountain writer and has just released his book about the wild places of Scotland, Bothy Tales. He is currently working on an audio version of his best selling book, The Last Hillwalker.
Listen to an extract from the audio book
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jo...
The combination of John’s love of the outdoors with his passion for writing and performance makes him a uniquely powerful storyteller. In his writing, John tells tales of his travels in the mountains, in his performance he talks of the profound relationship between men and wild places.
John has taken his one man plays to the Edinburgh Fringe and toured them widely around theatres and mountain festivals in the UK. John ‘s first play, Aleister Crowley: A Passion for Evil attracted great audiences in the Edinburgh Fringe of 2010.
His second play, Mallory: Beyond Everest, is a re-telling of the life of the legendary Everest mountaineer. The play was first performed in the Edinburgh Fringe of 2014 and in John portrays a man torn between his love of his wife and his burning ambition to conquer the world’s highest mountain.
Despite the serious subjects he deals with, humour is always close to the surface in everything he does. In The Last Hillwalker John brings together over forty year’s experience in the mountains of the British Isles to stories from our hills with humour and compassion.
Originally from Merseyside, John moved to the capital of the Highlands, Inverness, over thirty years ago, to follow his passion for the hills. For over 40 years he has walked and climbed the hills of Scotland whilst also making occasional trips to more exotic location like the Alps, the Pyrenes and the Canadian Rockies.
An expert ice climber, he was also a member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, and has taken part in numerous rescues in the Highlands. More recently he has rediscovered his love for remote bothies (isolated mountain shelters) and regularly visits the wilder places of his Scottish home.
John is an award-winning mountain writer and has just released his book about the wild places of Scotland, Bothy Tales. He is currently working on an audio version of his best selling book, The Last Hillwalker.
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February 19, 2023
Absolutely brilliant as ever. I have enjoyed this authors books ever since I discovered them. Fantastic reading and atmosphere and descriptions for people like me who can't quite adventure enough to make a bothy! I love reading these types of books!
February 23, 2023
This made me laugh so much. A veteran back-packer and user of a very small tent, I think this might be my breakthrough, if I can afford it. Thank you for the inspiration - and the stories.
January 20, 2024
Another great read from John D Burns. Every book inspires you to head off on your own adventure.
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