Gary Sutherland Livres

No man is an island...but he can golf 18 of them if the mood strikes him.

Gary Sutherland could never fathom hillwalkers and had always managed to ignore the West Highland Way despite living on the doorstep of Scotland's most famous trail. Then one day he decided to tackle it... and go further still. Much further. He would consecutively walk the West Highland Way, Great Glen Way and Speyside Way to complete a hat-trick of iconic Scottish treks. This despite the fact that hills gave him the heebie-jeebies, moors made him tremble and forests frightened him. Add to that his deep aversion to most forms of wildlife. Walk This Way is a tale of courage, cows, resilience, feral goats, ambition, Belgians, ludicrous ledges, cataclysmic quagmires and creepy messages spelt out in pine cones. From Loch Lomond to the Devil's Staircase, the Caledonian Canal to Loch Ness, Malt Whisky Country to the mouth of the River Spey, the intrepid author attempts to conquer his fears and achieve his epic goal without his feet falling to bits.

This is a book about golf, families, and thebeauty and sometimes inhospitable landscape of the Scottish islands. When Gary's father, James, died suddenly at the age of 58, his family was knocked sideways. After the initial grief passed, they started to think about what they could do to keep his memory alive. James was an excellent golfer and a demon withthe putter, so Gary, along with his mom, brother, and sister decided to meet every year to have a round of golf inhis memory. The prize for the craziest putt of the day would be James's "Magic Putter," kept by the winner for a year until the next round.Gary won the right to keep the putter for the first year, and then decided to take the memory of his father alittle furtherthrough18 rounds on18 different Scottish islands. Part-travelogue, part-memoir, this is a personal and humorous journey of remembrance and discovery across the beautiful isles."