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Scotch & Water
In 1985, a group of young Scots sailed through the Hebrides of Scotland aboard the 38ft ketch Alystra. Their aim was to visit all teh malt whisky distilleries on the islands of Islay, Jura, Mull and Skye, to meet the islanders, record the history of the distilleries and to sample and savour the drams like Lagavulin, Talisker and Tobermory. This book is the result of the venture, illustrated with maps of all the island areas, and a tribute to the hardy people who established a multi-million dollar export industry in some of the most beautiful but inhospitable landscape in western Europe.
The Canoe Boys
"It's too late in the year! they were advised, but they still did it. By canoe from Bowling to Kyle of Lochalsh with numerous stops along the way, Alastair Dunnett and Seamas Adam spent a heady Autumn in the 1934 meandering up the glorious West Coast of Scotland. On their way they sent reports back to the Daily Record informing the readers of their progress and the people they met along the way. Their account makes fascinating reading as they were hailed by onlookers and bystanders wherever they went as 'The Canoe Boys'. Escapades as varied as running the infamous tide-rush of the Dorus Mhor to a balmy harvest working on Calve Island off Mull, quenching their thirst with a mug of drammach (o...
Whisky
This book takes the language of whisky as seriously as whisky drinking. There's much to savour and enjoy in the astonishingly rich vocabulary of distilling and tasting explored here, and the book offers international hospitality to the language of whisky, whether the terms come from Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, the United States, England or Japan.
Somerled
Kathleen MacPhee provides an in-depth historical insight into the 12th century King of Argyll who laid the ground for the expulsion of the Norse from Scotland's west coast and Hebrides.
