SCOTTISH JOURNEY

In 1934 Edwin Muir set off on his Scottish Journey, from Edinburgh to his childhood home of Orkney. More than 80 years later, James McEnaney follows in Muir’s tyre tracks. Travelling on an ailing 15 year-old motorbike called Vicky, he stays with ordinary Scots who welcome him into their homes, tell him about their lives and share their hopes for the future. This book is a snapshot depiction of Scotland experienced over ten days in the spring of 2018 - in the words of Muir himself “not a survey but a bundle of impressions: not the Scottish journey, but a Scottish Journey.”