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Riddoch on the Outer Hebrides is a thought-provoking commentary based on broadcaster Lesley Riddoch's cycle journey through a beautiful island chain facing seismic cultural and economic change. Her experience is described in a typically affectionate but hard-hitting style; with humour, anecdote and a growing sympathy for islanders tired of living at the margins but fearful of closer contact with mainland Scotland. In this new updated edition, Lesley Riddoch examines changes in the island communities she visited since her first journey 15 years ago.
Riddoch on the Outer Hebrides is a thought-provoking commentary based on broadcaster Lesley Riddoch's cycle journey through a beautiful island chain facing seismic cultural and economic change. Her experience is described in a typically affectionate but hard-hitting style; with humour, anecdote and a growing sympathy for islanders tired of living at the margins but fearful of closer contact with mainland Scotland.
In this new updated edition, Lesley Riddoch examines changes in the island communities she visited since her first journey 15 years ago.
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For Elma Morris<strong>on</strong>, Mary Schmoller, Morag and Neil Nicols<strong>on</strong><br />
and o<strong>the</strong>r great friends made al<strong>on</strong>g <strong>the</strong> way.<br />
‘The Gaelic L<strong>on</strong>g Tunes’ <strong>by</strong> Les Murray (New Collected Poems,<br />
2003) is reproduced with <strong>the</strong> kind permissi<strong>on</strong> of Carcanet Press.<br />
The excerpt from ‘The Life of Lord Leverhulme’ <strong>by</strong> Louis<br />
MacNeice (Faber) is reproduced <strong>by</strong> permissi<strong>on</strong> of David Higham<br />
Associates.<br />
First published 2007<br />
Revised editi<strong>on</strong> 2008<br />
New editi<strong>on</strong> 2022<br />
isbn 978-1-80425-011-2<br />
The paper used in this book is recyclable.<br />
It is made from low chlorine pulps produced in a low energy,<br />
low emissi<strong>on</strong> manner from renewable forests.<br />
The author’s right to be identified as author of this book<br />
under <strong>the</strong> Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 has been asserted.<br />
Printed and bound <strong>by</strong><br />
Roberts<strong>on</strong> Printers, Forfar<br />
Typeset in Mini<strong>on</strong> Pro C<strong>on</strong>densed and Gill Sans<br />
Design <strong>by</strong> Tom Bee<br />
Maps <strong>by</strong> Jim Lewis<br />
Photographs <strong>by</strong> Maxwell MacLeod, Cailean MacLean, Eoin MacNeil,<br />
Chris Smith and <strong>Lesley</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Riddoch</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Gaelic proverb illustrati<strong>on</strong>s © Laurie Cuffe<br />
© <strong>Lesley</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Riddoch</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2007, 2022
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