The Nackens: A People of the Road offers a reflective and poetic exploration into the memory, skills, traditions, and travelling life of Scotland’s road people. Author Gavin McGregor preserves a disappearing world through intimate stories of campfires, old crafts, rivers, roads, and family memory, conveying it with warmth, dignity, and quiet honesty.

• A journey through the memory and traditions of Scotland’s road people.
• Preserves the skills and travelling life of a disappearing community.
• Focuses on themes of belonging, memory, and life along Scotland's old roads.

This book is built upon stories shared around campfires, detailing the crafts, the connection to rivers and roads, and the strength of family memory among the Nackens.

• Author: Gavin McGregor
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Publication Date: May 12, 2026
• Print Length: 66 pages
• ISBN-13: 979-8196709784
• Dimensions: 152 x 4 x 229mm (6 x 0.2 x 9 inches)
• Item Weight: 150 g
• Manufacturer: Independently published
• Best Sellers Rank: #8 in Indigenous History

Discover this honest and dignified account of the lives carried along the old roads of Scotland.