Description: The John Muir Way is a coast-to-coast route for cyclists and walkers that crosses Scotland from Helensburgh on the Clyde to Dunbar on the Forth (134 miles). This edition (updated 2020) contains step-by-step guidance with 100+ colour photos and mapping at 1:75,000). Good public transport makes the route easy to tackle in sections.
Brief description: A dedicated lifelong walker, Sandra worked in Melbourne, Australia, as an archivist and historian after doing a PhD on the history of national parks in her home state of Victoria. In her spare time she wrote a regular column about bushwalking (hiking) in Melbourne's leading daily newspaper, and many articles and books on walking and national parks in south-eastern Australia (1977-89). Sandra moved to Scotland in 1989, and she still lives in Drumnadrochit beside Loch Ness. In recent years she has written guidebooks for Lonely Planet (Italy, Ireland, France, Scotland, Australia), Rucksack Readers (England, Ireland and Scotland) and Sunflower Books (Croatia and Poland-Slovakia).