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Published by Polygon Books, £10.99, paperback
THEY SAY YOU SHOULDN’T meet your heroes. But what if you had the chance to follow in their footsteps? This is what Merryn Glover set out to do in : retrace Nan Shepherd’s journey into the Cairngorms as documented in . Prior to reading I wondered how a retelling – refracted through all its modern-day realities – could compare with the romance and rose-tinted experiences of yore.