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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

By: James Boswell
Narrated by: Robin Laing
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In 1773, Boswell enticed his famous English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland. Johnson was then in his mid sixties.

The two travellers set out from Edinburgh and skirted the eastern and northeastern coasts of Scotland, passing through St Andrews, Aberdeen and Inverness. They then passed into the highlands and spent several weeks on various islands in the Hebrides, including Skye, Coll, and Mull. After a visit to Boswell's estate at Auchinleck, the travellers returned to Edinburgh. Also available in audio, Johnson published his Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland on 18 January 1775.

Public Domain (P)2024 SNR Audio Europe Travel Writing & Commentary Scotland Highlander

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I enjoyed most the detail about the hot summer of 1976? It brought back memories for me especially of the sweets that I used to cycle off to the sweet shop to buy with my pocket money. Overall, this wasn’t enough to really grab my attention and I found this story rather boring and just stuck it out till the end. Not much happens although there are lots of hints of something that might happen or secrets from the past to be revealed but these are red herrings! There are far too many mentions and hints about a fire in the past without any big reveals and I got fed up hearing about it. The ending was rather sudden without tying up the loose ends. I also missed no clear description of the street where the story is set. What kind of houses were they? And where were they? I couldn’t picture them. And that made the whole story feel rather ungrounded. I liked the idea of the goats and sheep but the children seemed too old to be looking for Jesus everywhere, that seemed more something a very young child would do. The story was more about an investigation of the different characters in the neighbourhood and the layers under the surface showing everyone had some sadness or shame that wasn’t apparent from their everyday persona and that part worked well.

70s nostalgia

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