Customer Reviews:
 A thoroughly good read December 9, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Mike Cawthorne shows both his talent for writing and his deep affinity with the wilderness areas of Scotland in this book. I read his collection of essays in a very short time, finding each one hard to put down. As well as being a fascinating account of Mike's own experiences of hillwalking in Scotland, his essays are an enlightening education on the commercial greed that has damaged, and continues to damage, Scotland's natural landscapes. Read this book and you'll be absorbed, entertained, outraged, educated, humbled and, ultimately, inspired to experience the beauty of Scotland's wild places for yourself.
A Feeling for the Landscape December 5, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Mike Cawthorne's excellent series of essays on the wilderness areas of Scotland is centred around his epic 'on-a-shoestring' round of the Munros in 1986 with his pal Dave. Both of them out of work, but realising that this would be a life-changing adventure. It was. Mike's subsequent adventures take him down the Dee by kayak, and into the flow country of Sutherland where he meets squatters who are living on the edge of economic sustainability and reason. This is engaging writing and was commended by Lord (Chris) Smith at the 2007 Boardman Tasker awards.
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