Sandison's Scotland

by Bruce Sandison, Fiona Armstrong (Foreword by)

Overview

Sandison's Scotland is a wonderful collection of stories and tales about some of Scotland's most wild and evocative places; dark Loch Ness, the lifeboats that protect vessels in the turbulent waters of the Pentland Firth, Shetland's famous Up Helly Aa festival, the raucous Kirkwall Ba' Game in Orkney, remote townships, Helmsdale in the east, distant Glegelg in the west, crofts, and castles, and many, many more, all written by a man who is clearly in love with his native land, its people, culture, and history. Sandison's Scotland is a book for all times and all seasons. It will captivate and delight readers as they embark on an unforgettable journey through this magical land.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845024215
Publisher:	Black & White Publishing
Publication date:	05/01/2012
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Bruce Sandison is one of Scotland's best-known writers and journalists. He has twice won the prestigious Highland and Islands Media Award Feature Writer of the Year and his work has appeared in a wide range of journals and magazines. He has published 12 books celebrating Scotland's precious landscape and environment.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Foreword Lady Fiona Armstrong-MacGregor xi

1 The Trossachs, Clan Gregor Country 1

2 The Kirkwall Ba'Game 8

3 Moray Drive 13

4 Ballindalloch Castle 18

5 Helmsdale 23

6 Assynt Revisited 29

7 Durness 34

8 Bagpipe Music 40

9 Seal Island 45

10 Gairloch 50

11 Scottish Regiments 56

12 An Island for all Seasons 62

13 Lerwick Ablaze 67

14 Practices your Swing in Scotland 72

15 The Silver Tay 77

16 George Heriot, the Royal Banker, Goldsmith and Jeweller 82

17 The City of Inverness, "Inversneckie", the Capital of the Highlands 87

18 Dornoch 92

19 Discovering Shetland 97

20 Highland White Dream 102

21 Caithness Memories 107

22 Edinburgh, "Auld Reekie" 113

23 The Story of Windhouse on the Island of Yell, Shetland 118

24 Dornie to Durness 122

25 Highland Museum, Kingussie and Newtonmore 127

26 Nothing to do and not Enough Time to do it 132

27 Highland Railway 139

28 Unst Revisited 145

29 Cawdor Castle 153

30 Alladale Wilderness Lodge and Reserve 160

31 Ardtornish, a Dream in the West 167

32 Glenelg 173

33 John O'Groats to Durness Drive - Part One: John O'Groats to Forss House Hotel 179

34 John O'Groats to Durness Drive - Part Two: Forss House Hotel to Durness 186

35 The Royal and Ancient Burgh of Wick 193

36 Her Majestry the Queen Mother and the Castle of Mey 198

37 Pentland Firth Lifeboats, "For those in Peril on the Sea" 205

38 The Rough Bounds of Knoydart 211

39 Loch Ness Myths and Monsters 217

40 Strathnaver and the River of a Thousand Tears 224

41 The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders and "the Thin Red Line" 229

42 The Black Isle 234

43 Of Guns, Rods and Gillies 239