Have you had any odd spectral experiences in the great outdoors? On my other blog http://www.johnbainbridgewriter.wordpress.com I recently celebrated the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, remarking on the fictions of MR James. But I know many ramblers and hillwalkers have had their own weird experiences, so I thought I might relate a fewContinue reading “Our Ghostly Outdoors”
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Walking and Robert Louis Stevenson
I’ve been thinking a lot about Robert Louis Stevenson lately, not least because I’ve been re-reading Kidnapped, that great novel of the Scottish landscape. Stevenson’s essay on walking is one of the most inspiring ever written – do see it out, it’s online. Although Stevenson spent his final years in Samoa, Scotland was never awayContinue reading “Walking and Robert Louis Stevenson”