For decades the minister of a parish near Ballachulish wrote fortnightly papers for the Inverness Courier, and here they are gathered: notes on birds, fish, weather and wild plants, interwoven with Highland legends, second-sight tales, superstitions, proverbs and Gaelic poetry such as Duncan Bàn Macintyre’s praise of the hazel nut.
A gentle, observant country notebook in the tradition of Gilbert White’s Selborne. Download the free EPUB.