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Rob
Roy Country
 The
Trossachs
Made famous by Sir Walter Scott the Trossachs retains its hold
on the Scottish imagination as one of the most romantic areas
of the country. With its great hero Rob Roy and its wooded landscape
of glens and lochs it is a constantly changing and constantly
renewing land and one of the most visited parts of the country.
Full of romantic ruins and glorious scenery, this is the first
full colour book to focus solely and in depth on this beautiful
country. Rob
Roy Country.
 Loch
Lomond and the Trossachs: Including Rob Roy Country (Pevensey
Guides)
All information on the area's heritage, landscape, climate,
flora and fauna is in this illustrated guide. From water sports,
golf and hill walking, Highland games to sailing and pony-trekking
there is plenty to entertain the active visitor, whereas tranquil
loch-side picnics, scenic coach and car tours will appeal to
those in search of relaxation.
 Loch
Lomond and the Trossachs in History and Legend
The beautiful region which contains Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
has long been a magnet for visitors. It was already popular
when Sir Walter Scott made it world-famous. Here are the stories
of the people who came to it, why they came, how they travelled
and what they found. Most visitors came as tourists: they included
Wordsworth, Mendelssohn, Hans Andersen, even Queen Victoria
herself. Others came in the course of their work: sixth-century
saints brought Christianity, redcoats, and sailors, pursued
Rob Roy, politicians and engineers came to revive the fortunes
of Scotland with hydro-electricity after the Second World War.
The region is notable for variety in means of travel. Tourists
a century ago found an intricate network of connecting trains,
steamers and horse-drawn coaches, by which they could range
about the region with greater facility than their descendants
can today. This too is fully described. The story of how Loch
Lomond and the fast-flowing River Leven were used as a highway
for trade and commerce, by galleys, birlinns, sailing gabbarts
and, on the loch, paddle-steamers, is told more comprehensively
here than anywhere else. Rob Roy Country.
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