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  • The Mountains Are Calling

  • Running in the High Places of Scotland
  • By: Jonny Muir
  • Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
  • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (57 ratings)
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The Mountains Are Calling

By: Jonny Muir
Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
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Summary

The Mountains Are Calling is the exhilarating story of the runners who go to high places. 

From its wild origins in the Highlands, hill running in Scotland remains as pure and traditional as sport gets. Jonny Muir explores the history and culture of the sport and meets the legends of hill running, who are revered for their extraordinary endurance. As he discovers the insatiable lure of the hills, a calling leads him to the supreme test of mountain running: Ramsay's Round, a continuous loop of 23 of Scotland highest mountains, to be completed within 24 hours.

©2018 Jonny Muir (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd

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Should have bought a hard copy

Narrators pronunciation of the Scottish locations and some words in this book varies, and in some places its absolutely awful. It can be quite off putting, although the content of the actual book is very good. Should have bought a hard copy.

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Great book about Scottish Hill running

I had a hard copy of this book already and loved it so when I saw you could get the audio version at a great price I went for it as I like audio books /podcasts while driving or out walking sometimes.
This wonderful book was spoiled somewhat by the narrator’s dreadful pronunciation of Scottish places, names and gaelic words. Coupled with cringemaking attempts at local accents sadly reduced my enjoyment of this audio book. At times it sounded as though the book was being read by a ‘sat nav’ computerised voice. Really weird.
I prefer audio books to be read by the author wherever possible but I appreciate not everyone has the ability to create an effective voice over. Maybe I’m being picky but I want to hear the correct pronounciation of places and names regardless of the country of origin.
Otherwise a very entertaining and inspiring book which I recommend to everyone interested in hills and running.

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Should have read the book!

Fantastic recollection of Scottish Hill running folk lore. Should have read the book though as the pronunciation of some simple words and more complex Welsh and Scottish place names is really poor, which, for a book about Scotland, is inexcusable.

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So disapiinted

A born and bred Scot living in Scotland and a lover or hill running and the outdoor life this book was a perfect fit for me. Or so I thought.

The subject matter, the story and the experiences are all great. However, the audiobook was spoiled hugely by the narrator. The Scottish runners were all portrayed by the narrator trying to perform a Scottish accent. It resulted in a cartoon character portrayal of the language.

To make matters worse place names were continually mispronounced. I can accept that the Gaelic is not easy. I would pronounce those names incorrectly too, I'm sure. There is no excuse for place names in the English language being mispronounced, especially by a British narrator.

That aside the subject matter was interesting the peoples experiences and challenges they took on inspiring. Maybe the narration will not irritate a non Scot as much as it annoyed me. I listened to the whole book and have not returned it because I liked the literary content so buy it by all means. Please though, Amazon, do not have narrators doing accents when they lack the ability to do so. If that factor had been acknowledged it would have been 5 stars all round.

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Great book, poor narration....

A very good book made very poor with the narrators pronunciation of the Scottish place names!

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Vivid stories of mountain runners in Scotland

Inspiring stories, genuine passion for mountains and for hill running in scotland. makes me keen to go exploring.

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Good book, terrible audiobook

I feel so sorry for the author. The narrator has murdered his book. I realise that some of the Gaelic names are tricky but he can’t even pronounce Aviemore and Ben Lomond! My friend thought I was listening to Siri read a book. It was terrible. Just read the book.

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Excellent and enthralling stories

Book was brilliant, the narrators tone got a bit tedious though but his Scottish parts were good

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listen again and again...

I loved this, maybe those who didn't were looking for something else. For me I listen to it often, it is so interesting, I love his voice so calm and such great stories. I listen to it at bedtime, while walking or gardening.
It is so nice to listing to people doing amazing inspiring things but in gentle and relaxing way.

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A wonderful book, pronunciation dreadful!

This is one of the best books on running I’ve come across, but the pronunciation of place names, Scottish words and more was dreadful! Why on earth wasn’t the narrator coached?

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