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The Mountains Are Calling

Running in the High Places of Scotland

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The Mountains Are Calling

By: Jonny Muir
Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
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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 Climbing & Mountaineering Outdoors & Nature Running & Jogging Sports Highlander Inspiring Heartfelt Scotland

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Good well informed book on Scottish Hill Running, but seriously dodgy pronunciation of all hill names and areas.

Book good, pronunciation very bad!

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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.

So disapiinted

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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.

Should have read the book!

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An excellent book, but pronunciations of Scottish and Welsh names, and even some other terms such as plantar fasciitis have been attempted so poorly as to render them almost unintelligible. Some basic research into these would have been a good idea. It’s not just a couple of words, it’s something in every paragraph and really spoils the listening experience.

Great book, poor pronunciation

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Sometimes working out what hills the narrator's talking about is a bit tricky with the pronunciation but the content of the book is great. I really enjoyed the listen.

Enjoyable

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