Book
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Review
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| 25
Walks in Dumfries and Galloway by Tom Prentice |
I visited Dumfries and Galloway for the first time last year, spending
a week exploring and walking. I thought Ordnance Survey maps would
be the only guide I really needed, but I soon found I wanted something
extra - an expert local guidebook with walks suggestions and background
information. Tom Prentice's book is both entertaining and informative,
describing 25 separate walks that cover the high hills (well, at 843m
Merrick is really a mountain!) but also the coast (St Ninian's Cave,
Mull of Galloway, etc) and local towns (Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, etc).
The text is lively and entertaining, but clear and always informative
- plenty of historical detail which always makes a walking guidebook
more readable than a simple 'turn right, turn left' book. There are
colour photos throughout, and the maps are exceedingly clear (I ended
up not bothering with OS maps apart from the hills). And despite having
been published in 1995 I didn't find any significant changes brought
about by the passage of time - although I should add that I completed
only about half of the 25 walks. Dumfries and Galloway is a quiet,
charming and very understated area: it's full of fascinating pockets
of history, surprisingly rugged and virtually empty hills, and Prentice's
book is the perfect guide for any visitor prepared to stretch their
legs and go exploring. |
| Discovering
Galloway by I. Macleod |
This reference is both a guidebook and a history of South-West Scotland,
covering the landscape, natural history and way of life in the region.
Routes for exploring the area and discovering items of interest by
car or on foot are suggested. |
| Dumfries
and Galloway by John Gifford |
The fourth volume in the "Buildings of Scotland" series, following
in the footsteps of "Lothian", "Edinburgh", this book looks at the
buildings of Dumfries and Galloway. Brilliant pictures of architecture
of Dumfries & Galloway, would recommend this read for great visual
immages & large text scope. Along with the history of the builders
& buildings. Buy & Enjoy. |
| Travels
in Galloway by Donald MacIntosh |
These travel memoirs from Galloway span from between the war years
until current times and cover a wide spectrum of people and places.
The subject matter encompasses, Galloway-Irish dialect, rock-fishing,
the potato famine, harvesting, Italian PoWs, poaching and the daily
trains. |
| Historic
Stranraer |
This text, part of the Scottish Burgh Survey series, provides a
guide to the borough of Stranraer, bringing together available historical
and archaeological information. |
| Stranraer
in World War Two |
An account of activities in Stranraer during World War II |
| Superwalker:
Galloway Hills by Mike A Awwad |
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| Glenluce
Abbey by Doreen Grove |
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| The
Story of Galloway by J F Robertson |
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| Reminiscences
of Wigtownshire by Samuel Robinson |
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| Portpatrick
and Wigtownshire Railways by Charles Fryer |
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| The
Mulberry Harbour Project in Wigtownshire, 1942-1944 by A.T.
Murchie |
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| Maxwell
Country: Wigtownshire Waters by Marjorie Hingley |
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