Arran Diaries - Softcover

Rudd, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 187243858X ISBN 13: 9781872438580

Publisher: The King's England Press, 2008

Synopsis

There have been many books on the Isle of Arran but (quite possibly) never one like this. Arran, that tiny green jewel set in the turquoise waters of the Firth of Clyde, has a permanent population of just 5000 or so. Every summer this swells to 20,000 as hordes of tourists from all over the globe beat a path to Brodick Pier and the Calmac ferry terminal. Steve Rudd first came to Arran in 2002, which makes him, even in the ranks of the tourists, an upstart over-comer, not to mention a counter-jumper to boot. What does he know about Arran? There are some tourist families, for instance, who have been going there for generations, sometimes even to the same guest house every year. The only difference is that Steve Rudd has a few years to go until he catches them up, but this hasn't stopped him writing about it. This book isn't solely about the tourists, though. It's not even really about Arran, in some senses. It's the diaries kept by the author through three different visits there, in July 2005, 2006 and 2007, interspersed with observations on the outside world, insofar as it managed to impinge on the everyday life of Steve and his wife in their aged VW transporter camper van, dubbed "The Arran Silkie".

Edition details

• Publisher: The King's England Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 187243858X
• ISBN 13: 9781872438580
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100