South West Scotland

Tom Atkinson founded Luath Press in Barr, Ayrshire. Tom has written extensively on his love of the Scottish landscape in our Luath Guides to Scotland series. He continues to write for Luath Press; most recently in Napiers History of Herbal Healing, the story of the successful Edinburgh-based herbalists, and the untold story of the RAF Servicing Commandos in Spectacles, Testicles, Fags and Matches.

• Introduction; What to do on a wet day; What to do on a fine day; Suggested tours; Gazetteer; Ailsa Craig; Glenluce; Maybole; Mull of Galloway; Port Logan; St John's Town of Dalry; Wigtown [etc.]

Here, you will find ‘that curious pastiche of myths and legend and history that the Scots use to describe their heritage... A lively counterpoint to the more standard, detached guidebook... Intriguing. THE WASHINGTON POST