Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards In The Hidden Ways Alistair Moffat traverses the lost paths of Scotland Down Roman roads tramped by armies warpaths & pilgrim routes drove roads & rail roads turnpikes & sea roads he traces the arteries through which our nation's lifeblood has flowed in a bid to understand how our history has left its mark upon our landscape Moffat's travels along the hidden ways reveal not only the searing beauty & magic of the Scottish landscape but open up a different sort of history a new way of understanding our past by walking in the footsteps of our ancestors In retracing the forgotten paths he charts a powerful surprising & moving history of Scotland through the unremembered lives who have moved through it