Isle of Arran By Heart: The Old Glen Sannox, Machrie Moor & a Fortnight Every Fair
Arran still had a secret, and this summer it turned up on Machrie Moor.
A survey team testing their equipment on the peat picked up something nobody was looking for: what looks like a whole circle of timber posts, around 92 feet across, hidden under the ground beside the standing stones people have been walking out to see for generations.
It made us think about everything else the island keeps quietly to itself. The first Glen Sannox in 1957. The same let in Whiting Bay every Fair. The walk up to Glenashdale Falls. The King's Cave and the spider. Goatfell, and everyone who says they've done it.
Isle of Arran By Heart is a book of island stories, places and memories, written for people who love Arran: islanders, Fair fortnight families, and anyone who still counts the summer from the first sight of Goatfell from the boat.
Inside you'll find:
- The first Glen Sannox, the boat that brought the cars, and the crossing then and now
- Brodick, Lamlash and the Holy Isle, Whiting Bay and the falls
- Machrie Moor's stones, and the circle nobody knew was there
- Kildonan and Pladda, Blackwaterfoot and its twelve-hole golf course
- Lochranza, the String Road, and the north end most visitors never reach
- Arran out of season, island weather, and the ferry talk every islander knows by heart
Who it's for: Arran folk at home and away, families who went over every summer, and anyone who ever stood at the rail on the way to Brodick. A lovely gift for a parent or grandparent with Arran in their bones.
What you get: 20 chapters, about 60 pages, as a PDF you can read on your phone, tablet or computer, or print at home. Any corrections and new memories added later are sent to you free.
This is an ebook (a digital download), so nothing is posted. Your download link arrives straight after checkout. Made by Roots & Routes, a small independent shop.