Emma Gibbs (emmagibbseditorial.com) is a freelance travel writer and editor, specialising in northern Scotland, and with a particular interest in Slow and sustainable travel. She is the author of North Coast 500: Britain's Ultimate Road Trip (a best-selling, illustrated guide that identifies the 100 best places to visit along this touring route in northern Scotland) and i-SPY Scotland. She has written for The Guardian, The I, The Independent and Scotland Magazine, among others, for articles about northern Scotland that have seen her snorkelling in the North Sea, stargazing from a campervan, and (perhaps hardest of all) sampling local whisky and beer. Her first experience of the region was on the far north coast where - despite being repeatedly rained off the beaches and attempting a picnic during a sandstorm - the craggy coastline, quiet roads and brooding mountains led to her realising there was nowhere she'd rather be than the Scottish Highlands.

Select Guide Rating

• CONTENTSGOING SLOW IN SCOTLAND'SNORTH HIGHLANDS The landscape of Scotland's North Highlands, Birds & beasts, A taste of Scotland's North Highlands, Getting there & around, Accessibility, Tourist information, How this book is arranged 1 INVERNESS, THE BLACK ISLE& EASTER ROSS Getting around, Inverness, Beauly & the Black Isle, Inland Easter Ross, Tain & the Easter Ross Peninsula 2 EAST COAST & INLAND SUTHERLAND Getting around, Dornoch to Golspie, Inland from Dornoch & Golspie, Brora to Helmsdale, Flow Country 3 CAITHNESS Getting around, The southeast coast, Wick & the northeast coast, The north coast, South of Thurso 4 NORTHWEST SUTHERLAND Getting around, Wester Clett to Bettyhill, Bettyhill & surrounds, The Kyle of Tongue, Loch Hope to Cape Wrath, The far northwest 5 ASSYNT & COIGACH Getting around, Kylesku & surrounds, Along & around the B869, Lochinver & surrounds, Loch Assynt to Knockan Crag, Coigach 6 NORTHERN WESTER ROSS Getting around, Ullapool & surrounds, Braemore Junction to Rubha Mòr, Loch Ewe, Gairloch to Rubha Reidh, The Overside, Loch Maree, South of Ben Wyvis 7 SOUTHERN WESTER ROSS Getting around, Torridon & surrounds, The Applecross Peninsula, Loch Carron, The northern shore of Loch Alsh INDEX

Emma Gibbs (emmagibbseditorial.com) is a freelance travel writer and editor, specialising in northern Scotland, and with a particular interest in Slow and sustainable travel. She is the author of North Coast 500: Britain's Ultimate Road Trip (a best-selling, illustrated guide that identifies the 100 best places to visit along this touring route in northern Scotland) and i-SPY Scotland. She has written for The Guardian, The I, The Independent and Scotland Magazine, among others, for articles about northern Scotland that have seen her snorkelling in the North Sea, stargazing from a campervan, and (perhaps hardest of all) sampling local whisky and beer. Her first experience of the region was on the far north coast where - despite being repeatedly rained off the beaches and attempting a picnic during a sandstorm - the craggy coastline, quiet roads and brooding mountains led to her realising there was nowhere she'd rather be than the Scottish Highlands.

Select Guide Rating

• CONTENTSGOING SLOW IN SCOTLAND'SNORTH HIGHLANDS The landscape of Scotland's North Highlands, Birds & beasts, A taste of Scotland's North Highlands, Getting there & around, Accessibility, Tourist information, How this book is arranged 1 INVERNESS, THE BLACK ISLE& EASTER ROSS Getting around, Inverness, Beauly & the Black Isle, Inland Easter Ross, Tain & the Easter Ross Peninsula 2 EAST COAST & INLAND SUTHERLAND Getting around, Dornoch to Golspie, Inland from Dornoch & Golspie, Brora to Helmsdale, Flow Country 3 CAITHNESS Getting around, The southeast coast, Wick & the northeast coast, The north coast, South of Thurso 4 NORTHWEST SUTHERLAND Getting around, Wester Clett to Bettyhill, Bettyhill & surrounds, The Kyle of Tongue, Loch Hope to Cape Wrath, The far northwest 5 ASSYNT & COIGACH Getting around, Kylesku & surrounds, Along & around the B869, Lochinver & surrounds, Loch Assynt to Knockan Crag, Coigach 6 NORTHERN WESTER ROSS Getting around, Ullapool & surrounds, Braemore Junction to Rubha Mòr, Loch Ewe, Gairloch to Rubha Reidh, The Overside, Loch Maree, South of Ben Wyvis 7 SOUTHERN WESTER ROSS Getting around, Torridon & surrounds, The Applecross Peninsula, Loch Carron, The northern shore of Loch Alsh INDEX

Emma Gibbs (emmagibbseditorial.com) is a freelance travel writer and editor, specialising in northern Scotland, and with a particular interest in Slow and sustainable travel. She is the author of North Coast 500: Britain's Ultimate Road Trip (a best-selling, illustrated guide that identifies the 100 best places to visit along this touring route in northern Scotland) and i-SPY Scotland. She has written for The Guardian, The I, The Independent and Scotland Magazine, among others, for articles about northern Scotland that have seen her snorkelling in the North Sea, stargazing from a campervan, and (perhaps hardest of all) sampling local whisky and beer. Her first experience of the region was on the far north coast where - despite being repeatedly rained off the beaches and attempting a picnic during a sandstorm - the craggy coastline, quiet roads and brooding mountains led to her realising there was nowhere she'd rather be than the Scottish Highlands.

Select Guide Rating

• CONTENTSGOING SLOW IN SCOTLAND'SNORTH HIGHLANDS The landscape of Scotland's North Highlands, Birds & beasts, A taste of Scotland's North Highlands, Getting there & around, Accessibility, Tourist information, How this book is arranged 1 INVERNESS, THE BLACK ISLE& EASTER ROSS Getting around, Inverness, Beauly & the Black Isle, Inland Easter Ross, Tain & the Easter Ross Peninsula 2 EAST COAST & INLAND SUTHERLAND Getting around, Dornoch to Golspie, Inland from Dornoch & Golspie, Brora to Helmsdale, Flow Country 3 CAITHNESS Getting around, The southeast coast, Wick & the northeast coast, The north coast, South of Thurso 4 NORTHWEST SUTHERLAND Getting around, Wester Clett to Bettyhill, Bettyhill & surrounds, The Kyle of Tongue, Loch Hope to Cape Wrath, The far northwest 5 ASSYNT & COIGACH Getting around, Kylesku & surrounds, Along & around the B869, Lochinver & surrounds, Loch Assynt to Knockan Crag, Coigach 6 NORTHERN WESTER ROSS Getting around, Ullapool & surrounds, Braemore Junction to Rubha Mòr, Loch Ewe, Gairloch to Rubha Reidh, The Overside, Loch Maree, South of Ben Wyvis 7 SOUTHERN WESTER ROSS Getting around, Torridon & surrounds, The Applecross Peninsula, Loch Carron, The northern shore of Loch Alsh INDEX