The Canoe Boys - Alastair Dunnett, Ninian Dunnett

The Canoe Boys

The First Epic Scottish Sea Journey by Kayak
Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2007 | New edition
In Pinn (Verlag)
978-1-903238-99-8 (ISBN)
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An illustrated work that offers an account of the first recorded long-distance sea-kayak trip made along Scotland's West Coast in the Autumn of 1934.
"It's too late in the year!" they were advised, but they still did it. By canoe from Bowling to Kyle of Lochalsh with numerous stops along the way, Alastair Dunnett and Seamas Adam spent a heady Autumn in the 1934 meandering up the glorious West Coast of Scotland. On their way they sent reports back to the Daily Record informing the readers of their progress and the people they met along the way. Their account makes fascinating reading as they were hailed by onlookers and bystanders wherever they went as 'The Canoe Boys'. Escapades as varied as running the infamous tide-rush of the Dorus Mhor to a balmy harvest working on Calve Island off Mull, quenching their thirst with a mug of drammach (oats and water) are related in superb, lyrical style by Dunnett. This is an adventure story of youthful exuberance and of how life once was lived before the war changed everything for ever. Fully illustrated with archival material and contemporary press cuttings, this cult travelogue will find a new market among the growing number of adventure kayakers taking to Scotland's coastal waters.
This new illustrated edition has an introduction by Dunnett's son, Ninian who has also supplied a full glossary and notes on each chapter.

Alastair Dunnett was one of the foremost Scots of the 20th century and was a key public figure in the Scottish Office after WWII. He married novelist Dorothy Dunnett in 1946 and later edited The Daily Record and The Scotsman before being instrumental in the evolution of the oil industry in the North Sea in the 1970s. He died, aged 89, in 1998.

INTRODUCTION by Ninian Dunnett VII 1 FAILURE 1 2 'CHANGE!' 11 3 THE START 17 4 JOURNEY WITH A MELON 27 5 THE KINSMAN 39 6 THE DORUS MOR 53 7 THE ISLES 63 8 SEA CANOEING 73 9 THE SPANISH ARMADA 83 10 FAMILY FARM 97 11 ARDMORE 113 12 THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND 127 13 THE HIGHLAND PROBLEM 143 14 THE HERRING FISHERS 155 15 NORTHWARD 171 16 THE HIGHLAND PROBLEM RESOLVED 183 17 'IT'S TOO LATE IN THE YEAR' 191 NOTES 195

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.5.2007
Zusatzinfo intergrated b/w halftones, 2 maps; intergrated b/w halftones, 2 maps
Verlagsort Glasgow
Sprache englisch
Maße 189 x 246 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Reisen Reiseberichte
ISBN-10 1-903238-99-4 / 1903238994
ISBN-13 978-1-903238-99-8 / 9781903238998
Zustand Neuware
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