Mountain Before Breakfast, A

The Munros may have been conquered, but that does not mean the passion for night ascents of Scotland's mountains has been diminished for Alan Rowan. Fresh from seven years of nocturnal peak-bagging in Moonwalker, Alan now has his sights set on a new mountain list, the Corbetts. Cue more midnight dashes across the country and more tales of madness and mayhem. There are car crashes and roads that don't exist; wild pigs and staring goats; the temporary loss of both feet and supermodel posties, giant chickens and snake-infested hillsides. A Mountain Before Breakfast is the second and concluding part of the Moonwalker saga. It is filled with passionate tales of Scotland's wild lands and high places, laced with a healthy dose of humour, some of it bordering on the surreal.