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In search of the last drovers of uist by author terry j. In search of the last drovers of uist terry j.

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In search of the last drovers of uist 1st edition by terry williams and publisher birlinn ltd.

Walking With Cattle In Search Of The Last Drovers Of Uist Google Drive. Droving was once the lifeblood of scotlands rural economy and for centuries scotlands glens and mountain passes were alive with thousands of cattle making their way to the market trysts of crieff and falkirk. Williams follows the route of the drovers and their cattle from the remote atlantic coast of uist to the highland marts. Except however in the western isles where droving on foot continued until the mid 1960s.

Save up to 80 by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. Williams follows the route of the drovers and their cattle from the remote atlantic coast of uist to the highland marts. In this book terry j.

In this book terry j. Droving was once the lifeblood of scotlands rural economy and for centuries scotlands glens and mountain passes were alive with thousands of cattle making their way to the market trysts of crieff and falkirk. With the industrial revolution ships railways and eventually lorries took over the drovers trade.

Travelling by campervan and armed with a voice recorder a collection of archive photographs and a set of maps marked with the old market stances she seeks out the last surviving drovers. Families would rear a calf or two each year selling them at eighteen months or two years old the first time these cattle had been off the croft. Free shipping on qualifying offers.

They were glad of the money and the drovers with do this is her story of walking literally in the footsteps of cattle drovers on the long north south roads of the uist islands.

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