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    The road to the isles

    Feb 12, 2022 3 minutes

    Old Ways New Roads: Travels in Scotland 1720-1832

    Edited by John Bonehill, Anne Dulau Beveridge and Nigel Leask

    Birlinn, 2021

    240 pages

    Paperback, £20.00

    ISBN: 9781780276670

    The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many people to change their holiday plans. Instead of jetting off to France, Spain or further afield, holidaymakers have limited their horizons to the British Isles, especially the countryside. For many Scots, this has meant a chance to acquaint themselves with the remoter parts of their country, and to enjoy

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