UK books and maps

Memories of North and West Sutherland

The Scottish Highlands right at the tip and northerly most point of the Scottish mainland. A lovely book fully illustrated, about the people the places the land and the history and the country.

Price: £12.63

Publication: May 1, 2003

   

The Sutherland Trail: A Journey Through Scotland's North-west

"The Sutherland Trail - A Journey Through North-west Scotland", is the long awaited latest book by the UK's best known hillwalker and backpacker, Cameron McNeish. In partnership with award-winning photographer and film maker Richard Else, Cameron has developed a superb week-long walking route through one of the finest landscapes in Europe. Sutherland, in the far north-west of Scotland, has long been described as 'the empty lands'. Much of the land is magnificently untamed and unpopulated, and the grandeur of the landscape attracts hillwalkers and backpackers from throughout the world. The Sutherland Trail between Lochinver and Tongue follows ancient pathways, stalker's routes and hill tracks through one of the most geologically fascinating regions of the UK. It passes caves, chambered cairns and the remains of ancient shielings, follows river banks and loch-sides, climbs iconic hills and visits the highest waterfall in Britain. Along the way, the voices of the local people are heard loud and clear. The passions of the crofters, hoteliers, fishermen, climbers and hillwalkers give a new momentum to life in the region, looking forward to a positive future for these spectacular northern lands. Sutherland is revealed as a land rich in glorious scenery, wildlife and natural resources, a region that was once vastly more populated than it is today, but is slowly regaining some of its lost population - a region that belies its common perception as 'the empty lands'. This is the first guidebook to Scotland's latest long distance walking route. It is illustrated by top quality, original images. It is based on a highly successful BBC television programme. It features a foreword by Robert Macfarlane.

Price: £17.00

Publication: 1 Aug 2009

   

Walks East Sutherland (Hallewell Pocket Walking Guides)

Part of a popular series of A6 pocket walking guides which describe routes which are suitable for walkers of all abilities and to suit all tastes. Route descriptions are accompanied by 2-colour sketch maps. The guides are illustrated with line illustrations, and will provide walkers with a good introduction to what each area covered has to offer.
Walks East Sutherland covers the less mountainous, eastern side of the county of Sutherland: an area of small coastal villages and wide, empty moorland. The 25 walks featured range from 0.5 miles to 11 miles (0.5-17km). Routes include: a walk around Bettyhill, Shin Falls and the path between Dornoch and Embo.

Price: £2.87

Publication: 1 Oct 2006 [Illustrated] [Paperback]

   

Walks West Sutherland (Hallewell Pocket Walking Guides)

Part of a popular series of A6 pocket walking guides which describe routes which are suitable for walkers of all abilities and to suit all tastes. Route descriptions are accompanied by 2-colour sketch maps. The guides are illustrated with line illustrations, and will provide walkers with a good introduction to what each area covered has to offer. Walks West Sutherland covers walks in the rugged, empty landscape of West Sutherland, in the far north-west of Scotland. The 25 walks featured range from 1 mile to 14 miles (1.5-22.5km). Routes include: Point of Stoer, Suilven, Cape Wrath, the path to Sandwood Bay and a number of signposted paths in and near Lochinver. Last rewalked and updated 2010.

Price: £2.95

Publication: May 15, 2004