This is particularly true of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs, a breezy 28-mile drive (about 50 minutes) northwest of Scotland’s largest city and main hub, Glasgow. | Milosz Maslanka/ShutterstockĬompared to many national parks in the US, which are typically far-flung remote locales that require substantial road trips ( or train treks through the final frontier), the fact that Scotland is only about the size of South Carolina makes both parks comparatively easy to access from just about anywhere. Cairngorms is well worth the extra effort. A stroll, paddle, or slalom through either, and you’ll agree.
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Between hiking, water sports, skiing, and haggis-eating, Loch Lomond and Cairngorms offer fantastic windows into the most beautiful aspects of the UK’s most modestly beautiful country (there, we said it). Their almost folkloric beauty is a tale as old as time, home to soaring mountains, shimmering lochs, and wildlife so epic you’d think you had inadvertently stumbled into a game of Jumanji. And nowhere in Scotland is nature on such a grand scale as its two national parks, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park and Cairngorms National Park.īoth parks are relatively young, established in 20 respectively, but the locals have known about the epic landscapes here for much longer. A country filled with craggy stone castles, misty lochs, wallabies, and reindeer, visiting here feels more like a simulated immersive art experience than real life, but that’s just a testament to its all-encompassing nature. I am also not usually someone that complain about no photos or maps in a book, but this book could have used a lot of both.With a landscape so lush and vast that it inspired mythical water monsters, the sport of golf, and the Harry Potter franchise, Scotland is a place of scenic beauty so staggering it feels almost fictional. The book is also very well research, but it seems that all this research went into the book, with way too much background put into it that only makes this rather a dull read. The characters were chivalrous and the last of their kind, and their expeditions laid the ground for covert desert warfare during the North African campaign during World War 2. The book is also very well research, but it seems that all this research went into the book, with way too much background put into it that only makes The subject of desert exploration in the inter-war years is very interesting and exciting and the men and women who undertook these epic journeys were both crazy and brave. The subject of desert exploration in the inter-war years is very interesting and exciting and the men and women who undertook these epic journeys were both crazy and brave. ‘An immaculately researched history of expeditions and political intrigues in the desert’ - Country Life ‘A fascinating read, packed with detail’ - Spectator ‘Starts with a fairy tale, becomes a nightmare and ends up as the stuff of fiction’ - Sunday Times The Hunt for Zerzura is a gripping true story of exploration, warfare and espionage. Saul Kelly’s riveting history draws on interviews with survivors and new documentary material from England, Italy, Germany, Hungary and Egypt. Long time member Ralph Bagnold founded the British Long Range Desert Group to spy on Rommel’s advance on Cairo, while fellow member Hungarian Count László de Almásy placed German spies there. But when World War II broke out in 1939, many of the members suddenly became enemies battling for control of the desert. They were a group of fearless explorers from all over the globe, bonded by their mission to find the legendary lost oasis of Zezura in the Libyan Desert. In the 1930s, the Zerzura Club would meet once a year in London’s Café Royal to discuss their travels through the desert in early motorcars. But The true story behind the Academy Award-winning film The English Patient.
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