Classic Touring Routes in Scotland - Hardcover

Gardiner, Adrian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0948403608 ISBN 13: 9780948403606

Publisher: Lochar Publishing Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

This highly illustrated book, which includes route maps, expertly guides the reader along a selection of the traditional touring routes. The author is a well-known travel writer and the pace, spirit and enthusiasm of his writing is matched by the wealth of his knowledge. First published in 1992, this guide remains an unrivalled source of fascinating information. With this book as your companion, motoring in Scotland remains one of life's absolute pleasures. Illustrations, many in colour

About this title

From the Back Cover

A highly illustrated guide to all the best motoring in a country which is ideally suited to this type of holiday - including touring routes with their own maps for easy reference. The attractions of Scotland fully explored as the author expertly guides readers from John O'Groats to Berwick-upon-Tweed and back again. A choice of routes which reveal the variety the country has to offer from its scenic beauty to ancient monuments, historic buildings, cultural life and revered architecture. The author examines the impact of tourism upon Scotland and explodes many popular myths.

From the Inside Flap

Touring Scotland has been a popular holiday activity for decades and the attraction has not diminished in recent years - the country offers one of the last refuges for those wishing to experience some of Europe's most spellbinding and unspoiled landscapes. This highly illustrated book, which includes route maps, expertly guides the reader along a selection of the traditional touring routes well-known to the author - a travel writer and Scot himself.

From Tyndrum to Inverness and Berwick-upon-Tweed to Edinburgh, the routes reveal the awe-inspiring beauty of the north and the more gentle scenic attractions of the rolling border country as well as the fascinating wildlife of both. Of course, Scotland has much more to offer, routes from Gretna to Glasgow and Braemar to Aberdeen take the reader on historic explorations of Burns country and Royal Deeside. The nation's leading cities - Glasgow and Edinburgh - offer a wealth of revered architecture and cultural life and there are also the intriguing physical remains of lost cultures scattered across the country.

Adrian Gardiner does not shirk from showing the blots on the landscape which are part of Scotland today. They are, however, relatively few in number and perhaps only serve to remind travellers that Scotland is one of the few remaining parts of Europe where motoring is, generally speaking, an absolute pleasure.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lochar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0948403608
• ISBN 13: 9780948403606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192