Broons Days Oot!

Klappentext The much-acclaimed The Broons Days Oot! is a cracking guide to Scotland. This second edition includes new sections on the Scottish islands! Scotland's whisky trails! cycling in Scotland! walking! arts and other festivals! and gala days. Includes all relevant National Trust for Scotland! and Historic Scotland sites. Zusammenfassung The much-acclaimed The Broons Days Oot! is a cracking guide to Scotland. Now expanded with new information throughout, the new book includes new sections on the Scottish islands, Scotland's whisky trails, cycling in Scotland, walking, arts and other festivals, and gala days. Ideal for the glovebox, the backpack, and the holiday cottage, this book is a comprehensive guide to Scotland, with highlights on free places to go and things to do. Castles and gardens, country parks, museums, galleries, botanic gardens, hill walks, cycling, picnics, cities, beaches and cracking events all over Scotland are featured in this book - so you are encouraged to get out and about, just like the Broons! One thing's for sure - they are all happy days! The book also features free stuff like vouchers for Historic Scotland and National Trust for Scotland. Written by the Broon family, in response to helping Horace with his homework project, this guide is full of wee stories, postcards home, notes, collector's cards, leaflets and clippings about the Broons' favourite places, all stuck in by Horace in scrapbook style.Horace has delved into Maw's memory box for bits and pieces, and added up-todate fact boxes that list current phone and website information for key places to visit. The Broons comic strip is hugely popular, with The Sunday Post having over 1,000,000 readers every week. The book includes strips from years gone by that will make you smile, as the Broons enjoy their days oot, rain or shine! For a complete list of contents Inhaltsverzeichnis Guid Picnic Spots and Tips Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh: The Royal Mile Edinburgh: Holyrood Edinburgh: Scottish Parliament Edinburgh: More tae do The Firth of Forth The Royal Highland Show East Lothian The Borders Oor Favourite Museums Dumfries and Galloway Ayrshire Culzean Castle Robert Burns Birthplace Museum The Waverley The Mills: New Lanark A Day of Rural Life Glasgow: Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow: The Tenement House Glasgow: More tae do Botanic Gardens Charles Rennie Mackintosh Oor Favourite Art Galleries Country Parks Loch Lomond When it's Wet Inveraray Loch Awe and Oban Glencoe Ben Nevis The West Highland Railway Loch Ness Urquhart Castle Inverness Birds of Scotland The Vikings The Cairngorms Camping Bothies Highland Wildlife Distilleries The Malt Whisky Trail The Whisky Coast Royal Deeside Aberdeen Highland Games Pitlochry Great Gardens Dundee Abbeys tae Visit Festivals Oor Favourite Castles Film Locations Stirling and Roond Aboot Falkirk Wheel Blair Drummond Safari Park The East Neuk St Andrews On the Beach Cycling Local Delicacies Walking Kintyre To The Islands Bute Arran Gigha Lismore Jura Islay Mull Iona Skye The Slate Islands Colonsay Tiree Coll The Small Isles Benbecula! South Uist! North Uist Barra and Vatersay Lewis and Harris Orkney Shetland Book Index Picture Credits Map of Scotland by Nicolson Maps Map Index Special Offers ...

Product details

• Authors: The Broons
• Publisher: Waverley Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2011
• EAN: 9781849341110
• ISBN: 978-1-84934-111-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Subject: Travel > Sports and active travel > World, Arctic, Antarctic