Just out in PAPERBACK,
in time for Xmas!
And a bestseller in HARDBACK and KINDLE since 2013.
Top of the Christmas Reading list
Edinburgh Life
- on initial publication 2013
I was lured to an adventure in which you too can revel. This book shows you how to experience the magic of Scotland's outstanding mountainscapes, in person or from your armchair.
It helps you:
- Experience or re-live what it's like to climb a Scottish mountain ...
- ... and perhaps try a few summits yourself or with the kids!
- See what's in store if you are tempted into the odyssey across all 282 of the country's highest peaks
- Strengthen or reestablish your connection with nature
Scotland's 282 Munros (mountains of 3,000 feet or higher) may not be the highest in the world, but they
are certainly amongst the most enchanting and awe-inspiring.
Born of primordial crust;
rifted and faulted by earthquake and then gouged and shattered by ice;
these mountains were once home to the Gaels and their kings - and now are haunted by their spirits and the stag.
Across the swooping moor, then through the craggy outcrops - guided sometimes by the silver chuckling burn
and sometimes by the spatey cascade - we reach at last the grand summits above.
En route you will find tales of drama and humour,
and bite-sized servings of history, botany, and geology, to feed the interested mind.
Graphics
Three types of illustration accompany the text:
"Treasure Island"-style maps, coloured plates, and pen-and-ink drawings.
From the towering pinnacles of Skye, to the high rolling plateau of the Cairngorms;
from the bonnie braes of Ben Lomond to the weeping cliffs of Glencoe;
from the rocky battlements that encircle Loch Arkaig, to the gentle folds of Ben Lawers and Loch Tay beneath...
