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Felicity Martin THE OS Pathfinder guidebooks have introduced me to Scotland’s finest walks. Over the years, first as a reader then as an author, they’ve taken me on glorious coastal routes, including along dramatic cliffs at Rascarrel Bay and Balcary Point in Dumfries and Galloway and up magnificent mountains, such as Ben Lawers, the highest summit in Perthshire, Angus and Fife, for an eagle’s-eye view of Loch Tay. In between these extremes, walks beside rivers, across moorland and through woods have helped me appreciate Scotland’s distinctive habitats. For instance, ancient Caledonian Forest is explored on Glen Tanar’s Old Pines walk in Aberdeen and Royal Deeside, as well as on Loch an Eilein and several other routes in Cairngorms.