• Paperback
• Condition: As New
• 189 pages
• Non-Fiction: Scottish History, Travel
  

A secret history lies hidden on the Cairngorm plateau - a series of barely known human and natural stories which have left few traces on the primordial landscape of Britain's last wilderness.

Patrick Baker has devoted years to exploring this history, searching remote mountain crags and discovering fascinating relics of the dramas of the past. He finds the skeletal remains of an aircraft, an ancient gem mine, an outlaw's hideaway and a mysterious aristocratic settlement. He wanders the hills in search of the legendary Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui, geological oddities and the elusive Scottish wildcat.

The result of his quest is a unique travelogue that explores the diverse human interactions with this stunning landscape, the story of the early days of mountaineering in the Cairngorms and the secrets of a past which is often stranger than fiction.