Readers, go wild! Choose a literary adventure to try in real life

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Readers, go wild! Choose a literary adventure to try in real life

The hero’s Scotland journey in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped is being recreated in real life this summer. Which story’s safari would you go for?

It is cold and wet here this morning, and I was feeling particularly sedentary until this tale of adventure inspired me to greater feats. Athletes Alan Rankin and Willie Gibson are due to recreate the complete journey of David Balfour, hero of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped, to raise money for charity.

“In the summer of 2016 we will set sail from South Queensferry [west of Edinburgh], around Orkney down the Minch to the island of Erraid, off Mull. From Erraid, the team will go by foot the 270 miles back to South Queensferry,” they write on their website. “The overland leg will cross some of the wildest and most stunning landscapes in Scotland, following the route as described in the book, and mapped on the long-distance route the Stevenson Way.”