{"product_id":"by-hill-and-shore-in-south-kintyre-9781845301125","title":"By Hill and Shore in South Kintyre","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 20 years, since 1991, historian and poet Angus Martin has been documenting in the Kintyre Magazine his observations and experiences while walking the hills and shores of his native Kintyre.  This volume - an eclectic mix of natural history, history, archaeology, folklore, and much else, ranging from snippets to mini-essays - comprises a selection of 'By Hill and Shore' from the past 40 issues, plus supplementary articles and some 90 illustrations, mostly his own photographs taken during the past 30 years.  Rich in its evocation of places, people, and creatures great and small, this anthology should provide lasting enjoyment to all readers, at home and abroad, with a passion for 'lovely, long Kintyre'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations\txvii Introduction\txxi 1991\t1 Otters\t1 Mink\t3 Foxes\t4 Moles\t6 Crossbills\t7 Sparrowhawks\t8 Peregrine Falcons\t8 Red Grouse\t9 'Wee Donald Ban'\t9 'Skye John'\t10 Atlantic Winkles\t10 Wild Goats\t12 Blaeberries\t12 Horse Mushrooms\t15 Mushrooms in Local Tradition\t16 Hedgehogs\t16 1992\t19 Mermaid's Purses\t19 Peat-cutting\t21 Cladach: A Peat-Cutting Term\t26 An Encounter with Old Nick\t26 Giant Puffballs\t28 Ben Gullion Trail Opened\t30 Mail Delivery to Innean Mor\t31 Basking Sharks\t34 A Conger Eel\t35 Tree-Creeper\t35 Oysters\t36 1993\t38 Scallops\t38 Wild Goats\t40 Sarah Finds a Flint Arrowhead\t40 Tropical Beans\t41 Blaeberry-gathering with an Austrian\t42 Bringing Worms to the Surface\t44 'Back o' the Trinch'\t44 Gleneadardacrock\t45 Slow-Worms\t45 Sand and Limpets\t47 To Largiebaan Caves\t47 Stalactites and Stalagmites\t50 Hooded Crows\t50 1994\t52 A Rooks' Nest\t52 A Spring Outing to the Lochs\t52 Encounters at the Inneans\t53 Mink\t55 1995\t57 Cockles and Mussels\t57 Peat-cutting and a Laggan Moss Spade\t58 Prehistoric Artefacts from Peat\t59 Archaeological Finds at Erradil\t60 The Anchor of the Madelaine Ann\t64 Bramblers\t66 Sloes\t66 Largiebaan\t68 Visit to Borgadale\t69 A Winter's Day on Ben Gullion\t71 A White Christmas\t71 1996\t72 Sunset from Bluebell Hill\t72 Erradil and MacKays\t72 Achadhdubh\t76 Triangulation Pillars\t78 Risso's Dolphins\t80 'Shellisters' and 'Sheggans'\t82 The Rat Stane\t84 Grey Mullet\t86 Wing-beats\t86 'Kanejachs'\t86 Witch-Hares, Brown Hares and White Hares\t88 Tall Tales\t90 Roe Deer\t90 Glenrea\t91 1997\t93 Innean Dunain\t93 Low-flying Jets\t95 Quartz Rock\t95 A Dying Lumpsucker\t96 Rushes\t96 Eggar Moth Cocoons\t97 An Evening on Auchenhoan Hill\t99 Mushroom-gathering\t100 1998\t101 Oitir as a place-name\t101 Razor-fish\t104 Saint Kieran's Cave\t105 Alastair Responds\t105 Trapped at Saint Kieran's Cave\t107 Blue Tits\t109 To the Inneans\t109 A Herring Gull Eel-Fishing\t110 Wild Strawberries\t112 An Astonishing Downpour\t112 A Further Deluge\t113 Our Caravan is Destroyed\t114 1999\t115 Moonlight and Pri","brand":"Zeticula Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771561378135,"sku":"9781845301125","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845301125.jpg?v=1758728280","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/by-hill-and-shore-in-south-kintyre-9781845301125","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}