Winner of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Award for Excellence: Outdoor Book 2019

'Looking back, I saw the Watershed as a spine that holds the Scottish mainland landscape together...long-distance walking changes lives, and in this case, it made me aware of the Watershed and awareness of the need to conserve it'

In Along the Divide, Chris Townsend embarks on a 700-mile walk along the spine of Scotland, the line of high ground where fallen rain runs either west to the Atlantic or east to the North Sea. Crossing 44 Munros, this long distance endeavor becomes more than just a mountain hike: it becomes a contemplation of nature and history, conservation and rewilding, land use and literature, and change in a time of limitless potential for both better and worse.

Walking before the Independence Referendum of 2014, and writing after the EU Referendum of 2016, Townsend's vivid and delicate depictions of these beautiful landscapes sits alongside moments of reflection on the politics of not just Scotland, but the enitre continent, walking the very path that unites the country and its people.

'An absolute treat' -- Walk Magazine