Author: R. A. LindsayPublisher:
ISBN: 9780861394579
Category : Peatland ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Caithness and Sutherland
Author: Paul WebsterPublisher:
ISBN: 9781907025082
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Sutherland and Caithness are the most northerly parts of mainland Britain. Northwest Sutherland is a landscape of sandy beaches and sweeping moorland studded with glittering lochans, overlooked by some of Scotland's most remarkable mountains, individual peaks each with great character. This guide features 40 of the best walks in this popular area.
Author: John HendersonExcursion Guide to the Geology of East Sutherland and Caithness
Author: N. H. TrewinPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9781906716011
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
East Sutherland and Caithness contains many excellent localities popular for instructional field courses and recreational visits to view the geology and to collect fossils. The area is also popular with the oil industry as an onshore analogue for several offshore oilfield reservoirs..
Quaternary of Scotland
Author: J.E. GordonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401115001
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
In describing the geomorphological heritage of Scotland, this volume offers a remarkable account of how the natural environment responded in terms of landforms, processes and plant communities, to severe climatic change as the Quaternary era progressed over the last two million years. This legacy, as preserved in the 138 nationally important GCR sites described, documents a remarkable diversity of landforms in a relatively small area. The rugged highland contrast with the rolling hills and flat plains found further south, while the western and northern islands, together with the highly-indented coastline add further to the scenic diversity. How this variety of landscapes came into being, the forces which shaped it , and the climatic extremes which drove it, are the themes explored in this volume.
The Wee Mad Road
Author: Jack MaloneyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781934690024
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Lovesick sheep, rumors of war, storms at sea, whisky galore - a midlife escape from an 'empty nest' in America to start afresh in the wilds of Scotland.When their children grow up and leave home, authors Jack and Barbara Maloney sell their house in a midwest suburb and run off to the Highlands. Following a one-lane track called "The Wee Mad Road," they discover an isolated remnant of traditional Gaelic culture, peopled by characters as unique and memorable as the surrounding mountains. The Maloneys settle into an old stone cottage and spend two years in repeated collisions with quaint Highland ways. Entries from Barbara's diary detail the realities of village life, while Jack recounts tales of poachers, crofters and lairds in one of mainland Britain's most scenic and isolated corners.The Wee Mad Road is a warm and witty account of two years in the Highlands, with illustrations of everyday life in the wildest reaches of the United Kingdom. It's a 'how to' book for anyone who dreams of escaping the doldrums of suburban midlife and starting over.
Author: Angus MacKay
Author: James Browne
Author: Donald Omand
Author: James Traill Calder