Full Description
A guidebook celebrating the bothies of England, Scotland and Wales: a network of huts, cottages and shelters - often in remote mountainous locations - that are completely free to use. The author presents a selection of 26 of her favourite bothies, with notes on access, water, facilities, history and wildlife-spotting opportunities.
Includes advice on how to use bothies and bothy etiquette
Routes (with mapping) to all of the 26 bothies featured, plus suggestions for what to do when you get there (including nearby hills you might climb)
A history of bothies
Personal recollections of visits to the 26 bothies
Taigh Seumas a' Ghlinne (Glen Coe), Ben Alder Cottage, Ruigh Aiteachain, Ryvoan, Shenavall, Warnscale Head, Greg's Hut and Nant Syddion
The majority of bothies are in the Scottish Highlands, but the guide also includes bothies in Dumfries and Galloway, Northumberland, the Pennines, the Lake District, Snowdonia, Mid-Wales and the Brecon Beacons
Contents
Map key
Overview map
Introduction
Welcome to the wonderful world of bothying
What are bothies?
History of bothies
Facilities to expect
Why bothy?
Finding a bothy
MBA or not?
The bothy book
Safety issues
Etiquette
Traditions
How you can help
What to take when bothying
A note on fuel
The best bothies - or why these 26?
Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway
Tunskeen
Lowther Hills
Kettleton Byre
Glen Coe
Taigh Seumas a and #039; Ghlinne
Scottish Highlands
Lairig Leacach
Dalwhinnie
Ben Alder Cottage
Great Glen
Blackburn of Corrieyairack
East Highlands
Ruigh Aiteachain
Balmoral
Glendar Shiel Stable
Cairngorms
Bob Scott and #039;s
Hutchinson Memorial Hut
Ryvoan
Wester Ross
Easan Dorcha (The Teahouse)
Shenavall
Isle of Skye
The Lookout
Torridon
Craig
Sutherland
The Schoolhouse
Glencoul
Sandwood Estate
StrathChailleach
Wales
Brecon Beacons
Grwyne Fawr
Mid-Wales
Nant Syddian
Snowdonia
Arenig Fawr
Carneddau
Dulyn
England
Lake District
Warnscale Head
Mosedale Cottage
Pennines
Cross Fell
Northumberland
Kershopehead
