Walking the Song

by Hamish Brown

Hamish Brown has been an outdoorsman for more than sixty years. The first person to complete an uninterrupted round of Scotland's Munros, his account of the feat in Hamish's Mountain Walk is a classic of Scottish mountain literature. Throughout those years he has contributed articles and essays to many journals and, in this selection, he presents not an autobiography or some overview of life, but a very personal record of his many journeys and interests from his 'dancing days of spring' to his present, very active, later life.

306 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 16, 2017

About the author

Hamish M. Brown is a Scottish writer, lecturer and photographer with a special interest in Scottish affairs, the outdoors and travel. He is an authority on Morocco's Atlas Mountains and has written, edited and contributed to some thirty books, including Time Gentlemen (1983) (collected poems), The Bothy Brew (short stories) and the outdoors classic, Hamish's Mountain Walk. He edited Poems of the Scottish Hills. His awards include a D.Litt. from St. Andrews University (1997) and the MBE (2001).

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

A beautiful compilation of Brown's writings over the years. What a man, what energy. The descriptive writing is top class but 50+ visits to Morocco? That must have contributed to global warming but to be fair, the visits were mostly completed before excessive travel and its effect on global warming was an issue. I have done a lot with my life but Brown almost made me feel inadequate. Maybe too much stress/detail on Morocco towards the end of the book, I wonder how he is coping with old age, perhaps another book. Recommended.

[Colin Slider · Rating 2 out of 5]

probably just wasn't in the mood for this - maybe another time....