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
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- Year Published:
- 2019
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781852847562
- Number of Pages:
- 240
- Publication Date:
- 10/01/2019
- Publisher:
- Cicerone Press
- Authors:
- Smith, Phoebe
- Illustrations Note:
- 27 colour maps, 160 photographs
- Publication Date:
- 10/01/2019
- Place of Publication:
- Kendal
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781852847562