I have not read a huge amount of scottish or any literature really. I have recently read The Silver Darlings by Neil M Gunn and I absolutely loved it. I was hooked from the first moment and felt a massive connection. Walking is a large part of my life just now and although mine is more recreational it ocassionally involves fair distances and so I feel I can empathise with Finn walking to Wick to visit the doctor. For me the book shows very well the uprooting of the people from crofting and having to learn the ways of the sea.
Hope this is of some use to you, Kestrel
I am just gonna add that I don't wish to belittle the fact that folk had to walk everywhere then but that we are so out of touch with the type of life they would have lived. Och I am makin a pig's ear of explaining myself here I just felt that the author put me in touch if you like.
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