A Bit Scott-ish: Pedalling through Scotland in search of Adventure, Nature and Lemon Drizzle Cake

by Mike Carden

In 'A Bit Scott-ish', his follow-up to 'The Full English', Mike Carden rediscovers Scotland with the same wry sense of humour as his first book.

'A Bit Scott-ish' is the tale of a journey through Scotland, chance encounters with locals and fellow travellers, delving into Scotland's tumultuous history, surviving storm and wind, and discovering just how hopeless it is possible to be at Nature. And at finding the way. And at quite a few other things as well. The author pedals via the Orkney Islands, the flow country of Sutherland, the Cairngorm mountains, rolling Perthshire, historic Stirling, the rocky coast of Fife, the romantic city of Edinburgh and the Borders, bringing his own descriptive style to a beautiful land.

With almost unquenchable good humour, the author takes on everything that Scotland can throw at him in an unending quest for wildlife spotting, miniature bottles of whisky and lemon drizzle cake.

Genres: Nonfiction

252 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2009

About the author

Hi and thanks for visiting.

I have two writing personas, one as Mike Carden writing humorous books of my cycle travels, the second as Michael Carden, which sounds much more serious. In that persona I have turned my attention to historical novels.

'Alfred of Wessex' is a novel based on the life of the youngest brother of Kings of Wessex, and who would later be known as Alfred the Great.

It starts with 'Alfred of Wessex. Book One: Inheritance'. February 2024 saw the publication of 'Alfred of Wessex. Book Two: Vengeance' and December 2024 the final book of the trilogy: Alfred of Wessex, Book Three: Resistance

There are three books in my series of humorous cycling travelogues, with reviews such as “Warm, well observed, unpretentious and very funny” from The Adventure Travel magazine.

Reviews

[Calum Beaton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very very enjoyable book and funny with it. Hat off to Mike Carden for doing this ride especially with the miles he was pushing some days more so on the day he went to Stirling. Very good descriptions of the places he visited.

[Dhana McIver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light hearted and nostalgic to explore Scotland again. I have a secret desire to bike it, even just a section of it, and this has reawakened that.