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Rising off the western seaboard of mainland Scotland are hundreds of islands, hidden worlds. Beginning on Arran, Jonny Muir sets out to explore these places with a single ambition: to reach the faraway St Kilda archipelago, the islands at the edge of the world. On the way he attempts to finds his inner peace on Holy Island, takes part in a punishing foot race across the misty mountains of Jura, confronts the Inaccessible Pinnacle on Skye and walks along the white-sand beach on Berneray that became the face of a Thailand tourism campaign. Island life is not without its hallenges. Man-eating midges live up to their reputation on Rum and a furious Atlantic storm threatens to rip his tent to shreds on Barra with him inside. An intensely personal account of a journey through some of Britain s most extraordinary landscapes, Isles at the Edge of the Sea is a celebration of Scotland s west coast islands, from the people who inhabit these fragile places to the ever-changing vistas created by the collision of land, sea and sky.
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Jonny Muir is an adventurer, runner, writer and proponent of UK-inspired travel. Born in Birmingham in 1981, he grew up and was educated in north Worcestershire, before studying history at the University of Exeter. Jonny visited the UK s 91 historic county tops in a continuous 5000-mile cycling and walking adventure over a three-month period in 2006. His first book, Heights of Madness, published in 2009, is an account of that unique journey.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I enjoyed "Heights of Madness" and so was enthusiastic about buying Jonny Muir's next book. There are two sorts of travel reader, those who have never been there but may want to, and those that have been and want to find out more/have their impressions confirmed/say they could have done it so much better themselves. I fall into the "been there" category (though I haven't visited Bute, Eigg, Barra, Colonsay or St. Kilda). After reading Jonny Muir's account, when I do visit these I certainly don't intend camping: I don't have his resilience when it comes to being nearly blown away or flooded out, nor do I intend running marathons or hill races. The same humour that emerged in "Heights of Madness" is exhibited here, and it makes for a sparkling, if slight read. My only quibble is that it feels a little bit as if he has wondered "What next for a book?" and pre-ordered his experiences to fit a chapter each. but having said this anyone who survives the Rum midge deserves to get at least a chapter out of it.
Despite this, his enthusiasm for the Hebrides is infectious and I hope some time in the future wife Fi gets to experience the bits where he most missed her. This book could obviously only be a taster for any individual island, but having read it anyone who has not been to the Hebrides should be heading there.
Despite this, his enthusiasm for the Hebrides is infectious and I hope some time in the future wife Fi gets to experience the bits where he most missed her. This book could obviously only be a taster for any individual island, but having read it anyone who has not been to the Hebrides should be heading there.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Jonny Muir's book tells the story of his travels from Arran to St Kilda, and he visits many of the islands of the inner and Outer Hebrides in between. His descriptions of Coll (where he retraces the route travelled by Johnson and Boswell)and Eigg are particularly interesting, while his athletic feats in running over mountains on Jura and climbing the Inaccessible Pinnacle on Skye are great - they made me feel a little breathless just reading it. Jonny writes about the islands as he finds them, highlighting their beauty but also their challenges, such as the midges on Rum and rotten weather on Barra and Harris. Reaching St Kilda is a fitting climax to the book. It made me want to go there!! I would recommend this book to not just people who love Scotland and the islands, but also to those who enjoy good travel writing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Jonny Muir is going places all right. Already he has toured the highest locations throughout Britain and Ireland. In his latest book with, surely, many more titles to come, he covers what must be his most loved territory. From Arran to Isla to Colonsay, eventually to the outer isles and St Kilda - and there is not much more 'outer' before you get to Labrador. This is a delightful account of his journey through the Isles at the Edge of the Sea, as the Vikings termed them (coming, as they did, from the other side). Characterised by Jonny's sense of adventure, and his sense of humour, this book is going to take a major trick with all lovers of islands, but particularly our own. Jonny follows in the footprints of such as Tom Weir and Hamish Brown, Robert Macfarlane and Cameron McNeish with a book that will be read and enjoyed far into the future by people who will carry it in their pockets, handbags and rucksacks as they go. Sandstone Press has also produced a handsome volume with a beautiful cover and 16 pages of the author's own colour photographs. The Wild PlacesHamish's Groats End Walk: One Man & His Dog on a Hill Route Through Britain & IrelandHamish's Mountain Walk (Non-Fiction)To Ride The Mountain Winds: A History of Aerial Mountaineering and RescueThe Munros in WinterThe Munros - Scotland's Highest Mountains[[ASIN:1906120226 Blazing Paddles: A Scottish Coastal Odyssey
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What a wonderful book for anyone interested in sailing or the islands of Scotland. It is a great read, an adventure story with wonderful images of the isles off the coast of... Read more
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