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North West Scotland [part 5]
My journalist fried had told me about an abandoned settlement down the road with an amazing beach and a heronry. This was a 6 mile round...


A bothy walk from Abernethy Forest
I have visited the Grant Arms Hotel several times now in the last few years situated in the centre of Speyside, Scotland. I have so far...
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North West Scotland [part 4]
Back on the road! I first went to say thanks to the couple who had let me phone the AA from their house with no phone reception from this...
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North West Scotland [part 3]
I woke up to Cuckoo yet again but leaving the van a pair of Red throated Divers graced the loch. What a beginning! The road was magic at...
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North West Scotland [part 2]
With a blue sky It was back down the road to Fort William [rather than the ferry to Skye and over the bridge –Dead end Malaig!] and along...
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North West Scotland [Part 1]
With a week to cover Caithness in May 2017 I felt a trip up the west side of Scotland first would cover many areas I had never seen...


Yorkshire - Best Birdwatching sites by Neil Glenn & John Miles
Published by Buckingham Press Ltd, 340 pages, paperback, Price £19.95 I was the co author of this book but asked to do it back in 2010...


The Scottish Bothy Bible by Geoff Alan
Published by Wild Things paperback 304 pages Price £16.99 This is a book for the adventurer wanting to know they have a safe place to...


A photographic Field Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
By Bikram Grewal, Sumit Sen, Sarwandeep Singh, Nikhil Devasar & Garima Bhatia Published by Princeton 722 pages, Price £37.95 Flexibound...


A Fieldworker’s Guide to the Golden Eagle by Dave Walker
Published by Whittles Publishing softback pages 246 Price £19.99 This is the second Golden Eagle book written by Dave with the first...