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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Footprint Travel Guides

FORMAT: Hardback

ISBN: 9781909268623

RRP: £14.99

PAGES: 496

PUBLICATION DATE:
April 10, 2014

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Scotland Highlands & Islands Footprint Handbook

Alan Murphy

When the rain stops falling and the mist clears there is no more beautiful place on earth than Scotland’s Highlands and Islands. Footprint’s Scotland Highlands & Islands gives you everything you need to get the most out of Europe’s last great wilderness: the loveliest glens and lochs, the spookiest places, the most evocative castles and most glorious beaches. * Great coverage of all the jaw-dropping scenery including national parks, mountains, castles, glens and lochs. * Comprehensive listings from B&Bs, bothies and baronial castles to where to enjoy a wee dram of malt whiskey * Loaded with information and suggestions on how to get off the beaten track, from puffin-spotting to horse riding * It includes fantastic mapping and inspiring color section to help you plan your way around the vibrant cities, stunning highlands and hundreds of islands. Footprint’s fully updated Scotland Highlands & Islands is packed with all the information you need to get the best out of this breathtaking region.

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Alan Murphy

When Alan Murphy upped sticks and left the fleshpots of Dundee to start his own seaweed-collecting business on a remote island croft, many saw it as a cry for kelp. But Alan not only survived several bleak Hebridean winters, he went on to found a sanctuary for wayward seal pups and devoted the next 10 years of his life to working with young stray marine mammals. Later, following a chance encounter with the editor of Footprint’s South American Handbook in a sleazy salsa bar in Soho, London, Alan turned his hand to travel writing, trading the rain swept peat moors of northern Scotland for the steamy jungles of South America to research and write Footprint guides to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela. But the pull of his homeland was too strong and Alan eventually returned to Scotland to write new Footprint guides to Scotland, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Scotland Highlands & Islands. Alan now resides in the bohemian Somerset market town of Frome with his wife and three children.