A vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinating new detail. This guide to good eating throughout Scotland features over 400 strongly recommended hotels, restaurants, country houses, guest and farmhouses. Information on the Scottish Tourist Board's grading and classification scheme is given. Included are large scale insets of the Cuillins, Lochnagar and Glen Coe and spaces for the dates when climbs were completed. From gentle afternoon strolls to challenging scrambles in remote mountain sanctuaries, this revised and updated guide covers walks in the Scottish highlands.
All walks are circular and accessible by road.
Diving in the waters of Scotland is not for the fainthearted or ill-prepared, but can offer unexpected rewards. With an inspired collection of new and classic tracks and extensive sleeve notes, this CD provides a starting point for a deeper exploration of one of Europe's strongest living musical traditions - Scottish folk music. For the tourist or the dreamer, there can be no better guide than James W. Finegan. A passionate advocate of the game that's played on the links between land and sea, Finegan combines a writer's eye, a historian's knowledge, and a golfer's sense of wonder and apprehension to provide an impossibly ambitious grand tour of golf's native land.