The Book of the Bothy
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cicerone Press
Published:10th Jan '19
Should be back in stock very soon
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 <
ISBN: 9781852847562
Dimensions: 172mm x 116mm x 14mm
Weight: 270g
240 pages