David Taylor

111 Places in the Scottish Highlands That You Shouldn't Miss

Travel Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Scottish Highlands are at the most northerly extreme of mainland Britain. With this book as your guide, learn the rules of Shinty, a unique and popular Highland sport; sit in the shade of Europe's oldest living tree; take a turn around the Devil's Elbow, if you dare; find yourself at the very centre of Scotland; visit a fairy village; and shake it all about at the Earthquake House. Written by someone who loves the Scottish Highlands whatever the weather, this book will help you explore this wonderfully beautiful region.

Produktdetails

• 111 Places ...
• Verlag: Emons Verlag
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 202mm x 133mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9783740820640
• ISBN-10: 3740820640
• Artikelnr.: 70295827

Autorenporträt

Newcastle-born David Taylor is a professional freelance landscape photographer and writer who now lives in Northumberland. His first camera was a Kodak Instamatic. Since then he’s used every type of camera imaginable: from bulky 4x5 film cameras to pocket-sized digital compacts. David has written nearly 40 books about photography, as well as supplying images and articles to both regional and national magazines. When David is not outdoors he can be found at home with his wife, a cat, and a worryingly large number of tripods.

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Birnam Oak Cairngorms The Scottish Play 10 Braemar Gathering
Cairngorms A living tradition 12 The Centre of Scotland Cairngorms
Right in the middle? 14 The Devil’s Elbow Cairngorms Turn that steering
wheel 16 Fortingall Cairngorms It had to be yew 18 Grantown-on-Spey
Cairngorms Town planning, 18th-century style 20 Highlands Wildlife
Cairngorms Animal magic 22 Laggan Cairngorms Adapted for the screen
24 Lecht Mine Cairngorms Any old iron 26 Old Packhorse Bridge
Cairngorms Crossing the River Dulnain 28 Prince Albert’s Pyramid
Cairngorms Four-sided tribute 30 Ruthven Barracks Cairngorms Hanover vs
Stuart 32 Schiehallion Cairngorms Massively attractive 34 Shinty
Cairngorms Scotland’s national sport? 36 Wildcat Trail Cairngorms Miaow
38 Duncansby Stacks Caithness Temporary (geologically speaking) 40
Dunnet Head Caithness ‘Lots of planets have a north’ 42 Ebenezer Place
Caithness Blink, but don’t miss it 44 John O’ Groats Caithness The
end or the beginning? 46 Latheronwheel Fairy Glen Caithness Would suit
(very) small family 48 Needle Eye Rock Caithness For the birds 50
Nucleus Caithness The mighty power of the atom 52 Nybster Broch
Caithness Home from home 54 Old Pulteney Distillery Caithness Briefly
surplus to requirements 56 Reay Cross Slab Caithness Ancient wonder
58 Thurso Railway Station Caithness The southbound train is now departing
60 Whaligoe Steps Caithness Herring aid 62 Wick Heritage Centre
Caithness The silver darlings 64 Wolfburn Distillery Caithness Slàinte
mhath! 66 Clava Cairns Inverness and Loch Ness Round and round we go
68 Culloden Battlefield Inverness and Loch Ness Jacobites vs Redcoats
70 The Falls of Foyers Inverness and Loch Ness Cold water for Burns 72
Felicity the Puma Inverness and Loch Ness The big friendly moggy 74
Leakey’s Bookshop Inverness and Loch Ness For bibliophiles 76 Loch Ness
Inverness and Loch Ness Cryptozoology 78 The Malt Room Inverness and
Loch Ness The Water of Life 80 NC500 Inverness and Loch Ness Follow the
signs 82 Shooglie Bridge Inverness and Loch Ness Wibbly-wobbly 84 St
Columba’s Well Inverness and Loch Ness A saint helps out 86 Town House
Inverness and Loch Ness PM puts holiday on pause 88 Victorian Market
Inverness and Loch Ness A phoenix from the ashes 90 Wardlaw Mausoleum
Inverness and Loch Ness Heading for trouble 92 Applecross Pass Ross and
Cromarty White knuckle ride? 94 Arctic Convoy Area Ross and Cromarty
Keeping a watch 96 Corrieshalloch Gorge Ross and Cromarty Don’t look
down 98 Cromarty Courthouse Ross and Cromarty Porridge may be on the
menu 100 Cromarty Firth Ross and Cromarty The fourth firth north of the
Firth of Forth 102 Eilean Donan Ross and Cromarty Family seat 104
Fainmore House Ross and Cromarty Tuber troubles 106 Fyrish Monument
Ross and Cromarty Keynesian economics? 108 Highland Cows Ross and
Cromarty Beefy beasties 110 Hugh Miller’s Cottage Ross and Cromarty
Geology genius 112 Inverewe Gardens Ross and Cromarty Impossible is
just a word 114 Invergordon Murals Ross and Cromarty Painting the town
red (and blue and green) 116 Loch Torridon Ross and Cromarty Let’s buy
an estate 118 MacFarquhar’s Bed Ross and Cromarty No rest for the
wicked 120 Peach and Horne Ross and Cromarty Unravelling the mysteries
of Earth 122 Ullapool Clock Ross and Cromarty Tick tock star 124
Alexander McQueen Grave Skye Style guru 126 Angus MacAskill Skye
Gentle giant 128 Dinosaur Footprints Skye Sandy claws 130 Elgol
Skye Go for the history, stay for the view 132 Fairy Pools Skye Crystal
clear 134 Flora MacDonald Monument Skye ‘Speed, bonnie boat, like a
bird on the wing’ 136 Neist Point Skye Not Doris’ day 138 Old Man of
Storr Skye Myths and modern horror 140 Skye Bridge Skye Paying a
heavy toll 142 Trotternish Ridge Skye The ups and downs of a landscape
144 Aberfoyle Southern Highlands Scotland’s ‘worst’ poet waxes lyrical
146 Bracklinn Falls Southern Highlands Great Scott! 148 Earthquake
House Southern Highlands Shake it all about 150 The Falls of Dochart
Southern Highlands Water sight 152 Lake of Menteith Southern Highlands
The one and only? 154 Loch Katrine Southern Highlands A lady and an
engineer 156 Loch Lomond Southern Highlands Who’s at fault here? 158
McCaig’s Tower Southern Highlands Flumgummery? 160 Pulpit Hill
Southern Highlands Look down on Oban 162 Rob Roy’s Grave Southern
Highlands Loveable rogue 164 St Conan’s Kirk Southern Highlands
Something for everyone 166 Ardvreck Castle Sutherland Royalist loyalist
168 Balnakeil Craft Village Sutherland Waste not, want not 170 Bone
Caves Sutherland Ancient animals 172 Cape Wrath Sutherland Turning a
corner 174 Clachtoll Beach Sutherland Layers of history 176 Croick
Church Sutherland Shaming signatures 178 Dornoch Cathedral Sutherland
A saint and a material girl 180 Dunrobin Castle Sutherland Home from
home 182 Hermit’s Castle Sutherland Downsizing 184 Kylesku Bridge
Sutherland Better by design 186 The Old Man of Stoer Sutherland
Climbing to the top 188 RAF Memorial Sutherland Mountain tragedy 190
Smoo Cave Sutherland Rock of Ages 192 The Split Stane Sutherland Old
Nick nicks old rock 194 Suilven Sutherland Star quality 196 The Wee
Hoose Sutherland Lo-res des-res 198 Ardnamurchan Point Western
Highlands Westward Ho! 200 Ben Nevis Western Highlands ‘You take the
high road’ 202 Buachaille Etive Mòr Western Highlands Climb a Munro
today 204 Caledonian Canal Western Highlands Making a connection 206
Camusdarach Beach Western Highlands Texan takeover? 208 Castle Stalker
Western Highlands ‘Your mother was a hamster’ 210 Clachaig Gully
Western Highlands Because it’s there 212 Commando Memorial Western
Highlands Special forces 214 Glen Nevis Western Highlands That’s
Mamores 216 Glenfinnan Monument Western Highlands Clansman 218
Glenfinnan Viaduct Western Highlands Full steam ahead 220 The Great
Glen Western Highlands A true north / south divide 222 Kinlochleven
Western Highlands Water features 224 Monster Midge Western Highlands
Testy tetse 226 Rannoch Moor Western Highlands A place to get away from
things 228 The Well of the Seven Heads Western Highlands Look around
you 230