This first ever complete guide to the Scottish bothies shares the country's unique, diverse, and often hidden network of bothies, cabins and mountain huts. Know what to take, where to get water and fuel, how to cross a river when in spate and what to do in an emergency. This first ever complete guide to the Scottish bothies reveals the country s unique and often hidden network of bothy cabins and mountain huts. Winner of the Travel Guidebook of the Year 2017, this is a must-have for anyone who loves Scotland’s wild places.

Engaging travel writing documents the captivating history of each bothy and the adventurers who use them. Scattered across Scotland’s most beautiful landscapes lies a unique and often hidden network of bothies, once-abandoned crofts, farmsteads and mountain huts that are open and free to stay in. With captivating histories, detailed route descriptions and practical hillcraft knowledge, this is your essential guide to wild adventure living.

Let seasoned outdoor expert Geoff Allan navigate you across burns and bogs, taking you to Viking longhouses, island hideaways and highland homesteads. g. romantic, solitude, Munroes, beaches, etc); explores the work of the Mountain Bothy Association; gives advice on Hill craft and staying safe. Hiding away in one is my mental fantasy on a tough work day, so I love thumbing thru this book for inspiration and smiles. The best bothies for Munros, beaches, seclusion, families and beginners, wildlife, romantic hideaways, wild and remote and stunning scenery. Firstly the pictures themselves are brilliant, and a brief history is given in relation to the bothy.

Geoff Allan is Scotland s premier bothy expert: founder of the Bothies on a Bike blog he has hiked, biked and slept the night in each and every Scottish bothy.Trained as a surveyor, he is a professional photographer and maintenance officer for an MBA bothy on the Isle of Rum. This detailed and beautifully photographed publishing guides you on a wild adventure through Scotland's landscapes to discover a network of bothy cabins and mountain huts that remain free to stay in.

so, nice to look at and inspire, but you will need additional resources to find and navigate your way to the bothys.This book is everything the bothy lover could want or need, beautifully produced and enormously practical. Scattered across Scotland’s most beautiful landscapes, these evocative abandoned crofts and farmsteads are free to stay in and offer a chance to experience the ultimate in wild adventure living. Trained as a surveyor, he is a professional photographer and joint maintenance office for an MBA bothy on the Isle of Rum .