A Week Away

Simon and Joan have decided to take a trekking holiday in the Scottish Cameron Highlands. The holiday starts of badly as their car won't start. The breakdown man gets it going so they head off to Scotland but as they neared the starting point for the trek they have a puncture. While Simon fixes this Joan fiddles with the sat- nav and when they start off it takes them into the wrong part of the highlands. They sleep in the car but the next morning it won't start. They set off on their trek but things don't get any better. They discover an illegal still and have to run for their lives as they were being chased by a man with a shotgun. They flee for 2 days and end up hiding in a cave but there is no escape. Joan discovers a passage deep into the mountain which leads them into a hidden valley. Joan is captured by clansmen who take her to their village where she discovers that they have been her for over 300 years. Simon tracks down where Joan has been taken and fights the chieftain for Joan's release. They run back through the tunnels and, once they have found the entrance to the tunnel the men from the clan chase after them. They soon find that they are caught between the men from the illegal still and the Scottish clansmen.
This book is the first part in a two part series 'Copywrite'. At the end of the story has been added the script for a screen play taken from this original story.