Benedict le Vay

Scotland from the Rails

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Scotland from the Rails Guide - discover Scotland by rail, travel tips on Scottish train travel and what to see from your carriage. Covers the Central Belt, East Coast, Sou'Western, West Highland Line, Skye Railway and Far North Line, plus local history, practical advice, secret railways, branch lines, food and restaurants, hotels and B&Bs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bradt Travel Guides
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 137mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781784777623
• ISBN-10: 1784777625
• Artikelnr.: 60099170

Autorenporträt

Benedict Le Vay is a national newspaper sub-editor who has worked in four continents but wrote his first book, Eccentric Britain, more or less by accident after collecting oddities about his home country. He says he was 'staggered' by the response, which included media attention from the Shetland Times to Gulf Radio and publicity tours in America and New Zealand. He describes himself as a frankly rather ordinary father of two, and is hard-pressed to think of anything eccentric about himself. 'At a push, I'd say, yes, I'm Honorary Secretary of the Friends of A272, and I've asked for my ashes to be blasted from the chimney of my favourite steam locomotive at my funeral. Hasn't everybody?'

Inhaltsangabe

TRAINSCOTTING! Scottish superb superlatives Who is this book for? A lot of
people How to use this book Planning your trips THE IRON MEN & THEIR IRON
ROAD: FROM BRILLIANT PIONEERS TO THRILLING TRAINS Waggons roll! Scotland's
oldest railway The first 'proper' lines open Thrills & spills in a dramatic
century Going loco on World Records GREAT ARRIVALS: THE FAMED MAIN LINES
Getting to Edinburgh: The East Coast Main Line Getting to Glasgow: The West
Coast Main Line THE CENTRAL BELT: EDINBURGH & GLASGOW Glasgow to Edinburgh
via Falkirk: The quickest & best route Other Edinburgh-Glasgow routes:
Shoppers, stoppers & shockers The Cathcart Circle: Glasgow Central to
Glasgow Central The Fife Circle: Edinburgh Waverley to Edinburgh Waverley
Seaside excursions: Two great days out from Scotland's two big cities FIRTH
TO LAST: EDINBURGH TO ABERDEEN Edinburgh to Dundee: Bridges to adventure
Dundee to Aberdeen: Loch, dock & a smoking barrel SCOTLAND GOES ON HOLIDAY:
GLASGOW TO AYRSHIRE & DUMFRIES The Glasgow & South-Western Main Line: To
the land of 'Oreo cows' & a romantic anvil The Ayrshire Coast Line: I'll
take the Troon train! The Inverclyde Line to Gourock: In the tracks of
heroes BORDERING ON THE BRILLIANT!: THE BORDERS RAILWAY South from
Edinburgh: Home on the Grange Onwards to Tweedbank: A Gala affair THE
WORLD'S MOST SCENIC RAILWAY: THE WEST HIGHLAND LINE Glasgow Queen Street to
Crianlarich: From lowland bustle to empty highlands in a few miles
Crianlarich to Fort William: A lucky horsehoe, the last great wilderness &
a gorgeous gorge Fort William to Mallaig: Outrageous beauty & concrete
evidence The Oban branch: Awe-inspiring ruins, a rock piano, the magical
route to Mull & the Holy Islands SUMMIT SPECIAL: THE HIGHLAND MAIN LINE
Inverness to Perth: Along Britain's highest railway Perth to Glasgow Queen
Street: Stirling work WHISKY & CANALS: THE GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY
The route described THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LINE IN EUROPE: THE SKYE LINE From
feudalism to internet-age democracy in just 150 years Inverness to Dingwall
Dingwall to Kyle of Lochalsh WONDERFULLY REMOTE: THE FAR NORTH LINE
Inverness to Lairg: From the slightly Ord to the deeply loopy! Lairg to
Wick & Thurso: Two for the price of one APPENDIX ONE: ROMANCE & RIVALRY ON
THE RAILS Poetic rails Further information APPENDIX TWO: STEAMY AFFAIRS
Steam railways Steam museums Steam operators