Eyewitness News Wjz

Eyewitness News Wjz

Eyewitness News Wjz

The problem with many guidebooks is that they are only updated every couple of years, and even then most of them are updated from the desk. Even some of the big-name guidebook publishers won’t pay their authors to go back on the road and re-check everything first hand. Instead they expect them to sit at home and telephone every entry in the book to bring the information up-to-date. This inevitably results in a slow deterioration in the accuracy of the book.

That isn’t the case with this Lonely Planet Scotland guidebook, as Lonely Planet does send their authors out again for each and every edition. This new 2011 edition of their Scotland guide is the result of 17 weeks of on-the-ground research by the two authors. Not surprisingly they also consumed "Countless drams of whisky."

Top Scottish Experiences

Enjoying a wee dram is one of the 17 Top Experiences in Scotland, described at the front of the book with fine color photos to illustrate them. One of the attractions of Scotland is how varied it is, for such a small country. The authors’ other recommendations include the Border Abbeys, Ancient Sites, Climbing Ben Nevis, Sea Kayaking, Golf, and Castles, as well as seeing places like Edinburgh, Glasgow, Glen Coe, Perthshire, and the Northwest Highlands Coast.