Hamish Haswell Smith Bücher

Fully revised and updated, this is the only book with detailed information and maps on every Scottish island. With the author's own paintings liberally illustrating it, this beautiful guide will take you everywhere, whether by armchair or yacht. From the abandoned crofts of Mingulay and the standing stones of Orkney to the white beaches of Colonsay and the spectacular Cuillins of Skye, this is the first complete gazetteer to cover all of Scotland's many hundreds of islands, including those which are uninhabited and those which are notoriously difficult to reach. Packed with information on access, anchorages, points of historical or natural interest and things to do and see, this fascinating compendium provides indispensable information for touring, for browsing, for reference, and for all of those travellers who wish to experience some of the most beautiful and remote places in the world. No other book begins to emulate the range and depth of the information contained in The Scottish Islands. Illustrated with full-colour illustrations and relief maps of all the main islands, this is both an impressive work of reference and a fascinating personal view of Scotland's distant outposts.

There are few collections of islands in the world more suited to exploration and discovery than the islands of Scotland, and there are few chroniclers better qualified to describe an odyssey among them than Hamish Haswell-Smith, inveterate island-collector and acclaimed author of the best-selling 'The Scottish Islands'. Casting off in his forty-one foot sloop 'Jandara' with his sketchpad and a copy of Martin Martin's classic 1703 'A Description of the Western Islands' on board, Haswell-Smith's voyage takes him to fifty-two islands around the Scottish coast, from Ailsa Craig to the Firth of Clyde around the Hebrides and the Northern Isles to the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth. Described with an engaging blend of history, legend and anecdote, each of the islands is illustrated in full colour by one of the author's distinctive and stylish watercolours, and accompanied by key maps and pencil-line sketches.Based on the hugely popular 'Island of the Week' series in 'The Herald' 'An Island Odyssey is a delightful way to discover and re-discover the romance, beauty and inescapable magnetism of the Scottish Islands.