Enjoying The Outdoors

Alastair Borthwick was an author, journalist, broadcaster, and a radio/TV producer. He was a man of many talents, born in Rutherglen and wrote about the area for quite some time. One of his hits was his novel called “Always a Little Further,” which documented mountain climbing known to the area as it was published in 1939 and critically acclaimed by fans and critics. It also spoke on the middle working class and others in poverty in Glasgow and Clydebank as some had a small amount of money and had time to go mountain climbing. Alastair Borthwick’s novel would become a hit with his interpretation of the people in the area as it also portrayed the change that was occurring throughout Europe. His style of writing andhumor would make “Always a Little Further” a smashing hit.

Descriptions and depictions of interactions with others helped the book climb the ladder of success, along with mountain climbing details in it. Prominent individual E.S. Eliot was the one to help put the book into publication and it has since then been on the market. Alastair Borthwick was raised at Glasgow at a young age and at 16 years old he chose to drop out of high school to become an editor and writer for multiple publications. Much of his writing was featured in the newspapers on weekly basis, one of the papers he wrote for had a section called the “Open Air Page” as it documented outdoor activities native to the area. One of the activities he most