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Author: John Wombell
Publisher:
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781872405322
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This guide brings together a selection of the best walks in Mallaig & Ardnamurchan and their surrounding area. The walks include hill climbs, moorland tracks, and shoreline walks.
Author: Simon Willis
Publisher: Pesda Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1906095175
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Scotland's west coast is an undisputed world-class sea kayaking destination. This book challenges the reader to kayak a 500km route, from the Isle of Gigha off the Kintyre peninsula, to the Summer Isles near Ullapool. It can be undertaken in four holiday-sized sections or as one long, glorious journey. The emphasis is on practical advice; how to tackle tricky tidal passages; places to visit; where to source essential information; food re- supply; where to safely leave kayaks overnight; how and when to shuttle vehicles; and the accessibility of public transport. Although camping is an essential element of this journey the book does not identify wild camp sites or even picnic places. It gives sea kayakers enough information to seek out their own adventures and so spread the environmental impact. The history of this country is inextricably linked to the west coast, from the Scoti to the Norsemen, the Lords of the Isles to the Clearances. An historical thread, woven through the text, tells 'Scotland's Story'. There are useful photographs and notes to help identify wildlife without disturbance, plus practical recommendations on wild camping, from minimum impact techniques to Scottish access law. For those who travel the trail in the comfort of their armchairs, there's also the story of the author's own journey. Together you will travel under big skies on imposing seas in the company of seals, dolphins, eagles and gulls. The Scottish Sea Kayak Trail is waiting for you.
Author: Helen
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Published: 2020-09-03
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781912560646
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Edward Mason
Publisher: Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd
Published: 2022-07-18
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1786793245
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The area covered by this cruising guide includes the northern section of the West Coast of Scotland from Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath, including the whole of Skye and the Small Isles. The intricate and stunning coastline of lochs and islands offers a rich and varied cruising ground with a multitude of anchorages, many beneath a dramatic backdrop of munros. This third edition, updated by Edward Mason, includes revised text and a selection of new photographs. Details on plans have been updated and include information from Bob Bradfield’s Antares large scale charts. This well-respected title is an essential companion for anyone cruising these waters. “A typical high quality Imray product: clear print on good paper with profuse illustration by chartlet and photography- edited with all the authority of those who have ‘been there’. There is much fine aerial imagery and a robust spiral binding allows open-flat handling, convenient for chart table and cockpit use. An impressive successor to the well-respected originals”. Edward Cartner, Cruising Magazine ‘Like its predecessor, it is comprehensive, with an abundance of information, clear navigational directions, easily read plans and some beautiful photographs.’ Royal Cruising Club.
Author: Kimberley Grant
Publisher: Wild Things Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781910636121
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A new compendium of adventures, from the best-selling Wild Guide series (winner of travel guidebook of the year 2015). This guide to Scotland and the Scottish highlands and islands, one of Europe's fastest growing adventure holiday destinations, explores the hidden parts of its better known tourist areas, as well many more remote regions, rarely visited by tourists. Guiding you to over 800 wild swims, ancient forests, lost ruins and hidden beaches. Including inns, wild camping, local crafts, artisan whisky distilleries and wild places to stay.
Author: Alan McKirdy
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781780274409
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lying off the south-western tip of Mull, the island of Iona has huge significance as the first important centre of Christianity in Scotland. But the Abbey itself is built upon rocks that tell of events of much greater antiquity: the Lewisian gneisses of western Iona are some of the oldest rocks in the world. Alan McKirdy explores the fascinating geology of the area.
Author: Margaret Leigh
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 2011-04-01
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 0857909754
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This lucid account of crofting life during the second World War has been a popular classic since its first publication in 1949. One of very few books available on Moidart in the north-west of Scotland, it evokes the enchanted, magical beauty of this much-loved area of the country. Margaret Leigh was already a successful author when her longing for freedom and independence led to her decision to become a crofter in the West Highlands. These memoirs describe her attempts to transform a deserted croft into a home, and her struggles to snatch land back from the wilderness. Although far from the Blitz, the effects of the war are felt throughout the Highlands, and the rationing of food and vital materials, the battles with bureaucrats who had no understanding of a crofter's needs, and even the appearance of a Nazi mine off the coast, all frustrate Margaret Leigh's efforts. But despite the hardships, the land and the people of the Highlands gave her a contentment and happiness she had never known before. This edition has a new Introduction by Katie Maclean, who knew Margaret Leigh during her time in Moidart.
Author: Roger Legg
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2013-01-17
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 1479769665
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ever since Boy Scout days Roger Legg has obtained great pleasure from long-distance walking. On the whole he does not like following footpath routes designated by Acts of Parliament, nor following books of instructions on how to get from A to B ... proceed for one mile; turn left at the farm gate; be careful of the marsh at the bottom of hill ..... It all sounds a bit like joining the army and often fails to get the walker off the beaten track. Rather he prefers to plan his own route, to use map and compass. This book is a record of six journeys which he made in the British Isles during the years 1980 to 1991. He hopes the reader will enjoy his adventures; as that great walker George Borrow said many years ago: ..... these British Islands ... where more strange things are every day occurring, whether in road or street, house or dingle
