More Wilderness Walks: Twelve Great Walks in Scotland (Hardcover)

When they do so they have a choice of which of these authors echoes to carry in their head. McNeish's walks are accompanied by relevant histories of Rob Roy or the Black Douglas and bits of Walter Scott poetry or bothy ballad depending if its the Trossachs or the Borders he is tramping about. A more breathless voice comes from Else who indignantly exposes current-day landowners for failing to observe nationally agreed guidelines on access to the hills. But both clearly believe that in the solitude of wilderness you are in touch with the spirit of a place--an accompaniment of "human emotions bound up in the ether of a place" which pervade its ambience for centuries.

More Wilderness Walks is not a guide book by comparison, say, with the Highland Walks of Hamish MacInnes--there are accompanying maps but no detailed descriptions of route markers. Instead, it makes you want to walk or immerses you in the pleasure of memories of past efforts. --Kevin Dunion

Synopsis
Linked to a second television series featuring walks around Scotland, this book contains the three walks presented in the series, and another nine. Each one is described in detail, accompanied by photographs, maps, advice on finding accommodation, and travel information.