Product Description

The Cairngorms is one of six titles in the best-selling Highlands and Islands series by Nick Williams. Shortlisted for a British Book Design Award 2005 and a Scottish Thistle Award for Travel Journalism 2005, this is the perfect book for anyone who loves the Scottish hills.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #129005 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-10
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

The Herald, November 2003
As far as stocking fillers go, you won't get a better fit than a Pocket Mountains book this Christmas

BBC Scotland, 16 December 2003
The photographs are verging on works of art ... these are really good wee guidebooks

Trail, December 2003
Presents you want for Christmas: Pocket Mountains

Customer Reviews

Form and function in one small package
To make the most of this beautiful but vast mountain range, you really do need someone to nudge you in the right direction, which is exactly what Williams has done.

This really is a well-put-together series: the routes are well chosen, the descriptions are easy to follow but not oppressive, the maps are great and the photographs are stunning.

Williams has managed to make the book remarkably practical, whilst being great to look at. If I had a coffee-table small enough I'd definitely put this book on it. As it is, I'll have to leave it in my fleece pocket. Just in case...