Foreword

There are already many guide books to Scotland and this book does not pretend to be another; it is neither so presumptuous nor, we trust, such heavy going. Rather has it been conceived as a general introduction to whet the appetite for the one substantial area left in Britain where motoring can really be enjoyed, where unsurpassable scenery, better weather than the TV forecasters would have us believe, and characteristic local colour and atmosphere are to be found almost anywhere along roads which are happily uncluttered away from the major centres of population.

In a sense, it is also the diary of a life-long love affair, a log book of motoring pleasures. In another it is the sharing of a secret. The more visitors it persuades to take the overland route north rather than the fashionable sea or air ferries south, the less room there will be for the connoisseurs. Perhaps we should have tried to keep Scotland's attractions to ourselves, yet half the enjoyment of a secret lies in sharing it.

I have been happy to add some personal favourite haunts to those of Mr. Dymock and to collaborate in ensuring that the information given is fully abreast of recent rapid progress in Scotland's communications. May the reader soon discover for himself that motoring in Scotland is all that Mr. Dymock and I have claimed it to be.

ROBERT H. MILLAR

Paisley January 1968