Above Magi from Balquhidder: A legend in his time.

Author –Footsteps: A Boy’s Journey from a Highland Hotel
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A wartime evacuee grows up in the Scottish Highlands — and begins to confront who he truly is. 

Evacuated from the city during the Second World War, a young boy is sent to the Scottish Highlands — and into a life he could never have imagined.

In the summer of 1952, barely fifteen, he takes his first job at a small Highland hotel. Between polished shoes, clattering trays and demanding guests, he learns the discipline of service and glimpses a world far beyond his village upbringing. Celebrities pass through. Eccentric characters leave their mark. Behind the old stone walls, humour, hardship and the occasional ghostly whisper shape a season he will never forget.

But beneath the bustle lies something far more personal. As he comes of age in conservative post-war Scotland, he begins to confront his emerging sexuality in a society that would not accept him. His awakening unfolds quietly — through secrecy, longing and the careful negotiation of a world where such truths were dangerous to name.

Footsteps: A Boy’s Journey From a Highland Hotel is a candid memoir of youth, work and identity in mid-century Perthshire — a story of resilience, belonging and the courage to become oneself.