Cadogan Guides Scotland's Highlands & Islands - Softcover

Miers, Richenda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860113400 ISBN 13: 9781860113406

Publisher: Cadogan Books, 2006

Synopsis

From Inverness to the Outer Hebrides and Shetland, Richenda Miers turns her attention to some of the last wildernesses of Europe. The guide covers all sides of the highlands and islands, exploring both the tourist honey-traps and Scotland's most remote regions. It features special sections on thriving traditions such as caber-tossing, Ceilidh music and story-telling, alongside the past history of clans and tartans and the Highland Clearances. The author's intimate knowledge of Highland life allows her to offer the reader a unique insight into the region, its people and their culture and beliefs; she offers sound advice as only an insider could. The guide also packs in a wealth of essential and up-to-date practical information; the latest listings, extensive maps and travel timetables, and expert advice on where to ski, walk, windsurf, fish, and star-gaze.

About this title

About the Author:

Richenda Miers is a novelist, freelance journalist, and travel writer. Part English and part Scottish, she divides her time between the two countries, and has spent many years living 'north of the border'. The Miers family has a home in the Outer Hebrides.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

'A Scotsman will never ask for a "Scotch", unless he is abroad and in danger of being served with a foreign imposter. Often the dram is not sipped and savoured, but tossed down in a single reviving gulp. In the old days, when the licensing laws were restrictive, there was no time for leisurely drinking.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Cadogan Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1860113400
• ISBN 13: 9781860113406
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 316