{"product_id":"9781804251591-sea-all-around","title":"The Sea All Around","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA passion for Scottish islands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI’m not the only one with islomania – lots of people have the same affliction, for which there is no known cure, thank goodness. I have a similar affinity for boats and I think the similarity is that they are both tiny worlds, bounded by water.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Clubley makes no secret of his love of Scottish islands. In fact, it’s his mission to spread the love through writing about all the islands he has visited.\u003cem\u003e The Sea All Around\u003c\/em\u003e is a very personal appreciation of these places – ‘remote’ to some, but the centre of the world for those who live there. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard gets to the heart of island life, picking up on the particular character of each island he visits by making friends and learning about local history and lore, such as the story of the exploding float on Lunga, the ingenious defence of the garrison at Cairn-na-Burgh on the Treshnish Isles and the Battle of Bloody Bay on Mull. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI still love a blank sheet of paper and the first sentence of a new island story.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54854250430838,"sku":"9781804251591","price":7.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36413269_d104c504-2e2a-4a38-8ca7-7bfc6e64a8d5.jpg?v=1759495205","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804251591-sea-all-around","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}