The Mountains Look on Marrakech: A Trek Along the Atlas Mountains

A professional writer, lecturer and photographer specialising in mountain, outdoor, travel and related topics, etc. the editor has written over 20 books including Hamish's Mountain Walk, his first and award-winning book. He is also a frequent contributor to magazines, the press, radio scripts and book illustrations and has become an inveterate wanderer. Other notable books include The Last Hundred, 25 Walks, Fife; 25 Walks, Skye and Kintail, Along the Fife Coastal Path, Speak to the Hills and Seton Gordon's Scotland, an anthology.

Prologue; The Learning Curve; Journey to Taza; Discovering the Middle Atlas; Across Melwiya; The Lhasa of Morocco; To La Valee Hereaux; Rounding Rhat; Tessaout to Telouet; Mostly Zat; Of Old Familiar Places; Topping Toubkal; Westward Ho!; Uf the Nfis; Guenfis Meadow, Tichka Plateau; The Ridge of a Hundred Peaks; Down to the Sea. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography

'It was an epic undertaking by a man with a powerful personal attachment to that part of the world. However, The Mountains Look on Marrakech is not the story of a lone traveller in a dry and dusty wilderness - far from it. It is rooted in a sense of camaraderie and shared experience while celebrating a richly varied environment, the descriptions of which will amaze anyone who believes Morocco is (to use Brown's words) "all camels and kasbahs". ...vivid and compelling record ...an engaging storyteller ... Supplemented by maps and colour photographs, The Mountains Look on Marrakech is a delightful volume which clearly falls into the "labour of love" category' -Caithness Courier and The Northern Times 'This book does not disappoint. ... Hamish is an imaginative user of metaphors, and the text is also peppered with quotations... excellent sketch maps demonstrate the route.' - Leopard Magazine '...this is no stuffy tome. The book is a delight. Much more than a mere travelogue, the journey is the thread along which the narrative is woven. Hamish's affection for the Berber people and their country is apparent and he shares with the reader anecdotes and knowledge accumulated over the years. ...It's an essential aid for planning expeditions, supplies background information for anyone joining an organised trek, and is a good read for armchair travellers.' - John Muir Trust Journal