Robin J. Down

Golf in the Wild is Robin Down's first published work. A life time of technical writing, an unhealthy interest in speed and a passion for golf have finally coalesced. Robin has found his real voice in the pages of his first work; a journey into his past played out across golf courses in wild places to the distant sound of racing engines.

Raised, or more accurately, forced like rhubarb, under the industrial smog of Manchester by a domineering woman, it is no wonder he seeks solace in wild places - from the empty high ground of Northumberland to the jagged edge of Scotland's northwest coast and Sutherland's most northerly shores.

If Alfred Wainwright had combined an eighteen handicap with a passion for speed, these are the golf courses he might have played, these are the roads he might have travelled. If Alan Bennett had gone along for the ride, these are the stories he might have told.