The Maps
Hand drawn maps give a distinctive character to the publications
The maps are all hand drawn and proved to be a real labour of love. My wish was that the walks would be able to be followed...
Our Vision
Why choose our guides?
If you’ve looked at a mountain and thought, “I wonder if I can get up that way?”, then this is the book for you. We’ve researched multiple different walks...
The Drawings
Illustrating the Guidebook
It was decided early on that the walking book should be a visual as well as an informative work. Photography is a wonderful media but can on occasion show...
The Book
Our first book, ‘Bidean nam Bian and the Three Sisters of Glen Coe’
After much debate, we decided on Bidean nam Bian as the initial publication. It was local to us and it was as complex...
Research
Route planning and testing
The concept of the book was to provide a detailed, comprehensive study of the massif, which includes the two Munros of Bidean nam Bian and Stob Coire Sgreamhach,...
Q & A
Excerpt from a recent interview with David about the book
How did you go about finding the routes?
Bidean nam Bian has a plethora of superb routes to the summit. Some are well known but many...
Why Bidean?
Why did we choose Bidean for our first guide book?
And why Bidean I hear you ask? Well, throughout the Scottish highlands there are many film star mountains and each one is equally worthy...
Introduction
Off the beaten track walks
The concept for this new series of guidebooks is to provide a detailed study of some of the iconic mountains of the Scottish highlands which include not just...