Dumb American learns what a Bothy is

American Guy Reacts to What is a Bothy?
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[bigaldo]

The reason we don’t vandalise them is…..We Are Not Americans! We show respect to the M.B.A for the upkeep of these facilities.

[katarzynaroszak]

I’ve been to “the lookout” bothy just a couple of weeks ago, it was a god sent in the cold rainy weather :) very grateful to the volunteers who maintain them

[TrudyBusterKittyMadness]

Boothys are normally in the middle of nowhere. You need to walk to them. Your common vandals won't walk here. The terrain is normally rough as you are out on open hills with no trail. They are normally an overnight stop on a hike. Her description was pants (Scottish for rubbish).

[jonathangoll]

A comment from a not-very-well-informed Englishman. One thing I do know is that there is no law of trespass in Scotland, so that you can wander all over the Scottish Highlands, and that it is very much part of Scottish culture to be able to do so. And the mountains are dangerous; it is easy, when soaked and cold with the wind and rain, to develop exposure and hypothermia. I believe a danger with hypothermia is that you start to make irrational decisions, which makes things worse. So bothies are live-savers.
As for knicking stuff; I very much like the Scots, and they tend to be reasonable. But they are tough, and I wouldn't cross them! Anybody stealing from the bothies would soon be informed of the error of their ways...
(Another major error is to go up the mountains poorly dressed. There are proper ways to clothe yourself - mainly based on layering - and ill-clad tourists are continually having to be rescued, to the great exasperation of Mountain Rescue.)

[janettesinclair]

She made it sound like a holiday home instead of a place of refuge and safety in the mountains, a long way from civilisation. The “bed” is likely to be a wooden bench - bring your own sleeping bag - there is unlikely to be electricity or running water, and you will possibly have to share the basic shelter with strangers.

[johngault]

It being Northern Scotland people would figure out who either stole something from there or vandalised it pretty quickly and we are a hardy & steadfast people us Highlanders so we all respect each other and the environment, as well as built heritage, as we all know that most of the other highlanders are not to messed with.

- John in Aberdeen.(An urban Teuchter if there is such a thing)

[picobyte]

In many cold-winter countries there are shelters in the wild. People are expected to restock what they use and keep the place clean while staying there.

[alundavies]

The association does a deal with the owner of the Bothy, usually someone who owns the land surrounding it. They were often built for people working on the estate as a shelter when they were working.

[mairiconnell]

We are civilised and respect other travellers. A place of safety. The Isle of Skye it can be dangerous on the mountains. This is not an hotel. They are looked after by the Lairds of the land or volunteers. I am afraid she is not in touch with the people who use them. A safe place that saves lives! By encouraging tourists to use this bothy or any other then you may be denying someone else in distress.

[dutchyjhome]

Hey Charlie, well do not be ashamed not knowing what a Bothy is. I have never heard of this name, must be something typical UK-ish I guess, but I did know the concept of Free Trekking Huts in the Mountains of the Alps, which are basically the same kind of basic shelter when you walk (with Guide!) through the Mountains of Germany, Austria, Swiss, Italy, Slovenia and other beautiful countries. For all of these Huts goes: None of them can be reached by motorized transport and hikes Hikers whom use these huts usually are walking the mountains for days and days. The Huts in general are very basic, as in no comfort at all, except being dry and safe, and when there is a fire place and you brought firewood and matches, even warmth is an option. Even an out house usually is not available, a shovel though usually is; so dig a hole and proceed and after a satisfying dodo in the wide open area close the hole again. Usually these huts already have a life time behind themselves as a former farmer hut for cattle, hay, straw, or a shelter place for mountaineers and shepherds.
So yeah I'd say these huts really are on more places then just in the UK. It usually takes a very good personal health condition to be able to reach one, in the Alps that is. Maybe even in the UK as well. Since hiking (for hours) is the only way to get there and the more hilly it gets and the steeper the mountains are, the more of a serious experienced person one has to be to even consider to hike to one of these huts to begin with. Easier hikes obviously exists as well...

[paulharvey]

Bothies aren't really holiday venues or destinations as such, so most people stop over just a single night - or possibly two if they're doing multiple hikes in the same area. They're not usually accessible by public roads - indeed, many are in what is effectively trackless countryside, they don't usually have any source of heat or light other than what fuels, candles, etc., people bring in for that purpose - indeed, some don't even have fireplaces; nor any piped water system - and toilet facilities normally consist of a spade, that you can use to bury your excretions - at least 200 metres away from both the bothy and any of its potential water sources... They have wooden, sleeping platforms or attic floors rather than bedframes, no mattresses. Other furniture will possibly just include one ot two chairs and a table - or some other surface on which to prepare food. They are privately owned by the landowners. The accommodation is not bookable in advance, and is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis; and people who arrive after dark or in severe weather should always be admitted, even if all of this space has been taken, as their dead bodies might well be found later, otherwise... They're not intended for families (although, it is sometimes possible for them to sleep in tents outside and use the bothy space for cooking or eating meals), nor any kind of large groups other than working parties, consisting of volunteers recruited through the MBA and working on mainenance / refurbishment projects. They are normally used by individual walkers or groups of no more than three, whom in most cases simply stay for one, or possibly two nights - given that there is rarely anything to do in the area except walking... There is nothing to stop anyone vandalising or stealing from bothies, but in practice, most of the world's "bad apples, " are far too lazy to get themselves anywhere near a bothy - though there are occasional problems with them being used as party venues. Fortunately, most people who do use them very much respect the ways of the countryside and are only too happy to clean up after themselves - often leaving bothies even cleaner than the state they arrived there in.

[nicksykes]

There's a Bothy on the Kings Balmoral Estate that's just had a major renovation and is pretty plush. A group of mountain bikers stayed in it overnight last year, next morning they left to bike a trail and ran across the King out walking on his own, they posted the meeting on YouTube, with the King asking them if the Bothy was up to expectations.

[fishbiscuit]

You've probably found out by now - but a couple of answers to your questions. The MBA are effectively an access and maintainance organisation. They negotiate access and maintainance agreements with landowners to look after an existing bothy or possibly renovate a derelict one for the use of hillwalkers and mountaineers as overnight or emergency accommodation. . Most bothys are in very remote locations where vandalism rarely happens, though some bothies do get vandalised - especially those nearer roads or centres of population. A bothy was usually an old estate workers house or a temporary shelter for estate workers during the shooting season. With modern four wheel drives or quad bikes most workers travel in daily nowadays - so the buildings are not needed any more. Some are old shepherds houses or gamekeepers cottages that have fallen out of use. Some, especially those high in the mountains, were originally built as emergency shelters for mountaineers. There is no law that says how long you can stay at one - but the Scottish Outdoor Access Code which sets out our rights under the Land Reform Act 2003 suggests that 2 or 3 nights should be the maximum stay. In Scotland we have the right to walk anywhere that is not proscribed by law, such as fenced off yards, private gardens, fields with crops in them, ministry of defence lands or dangerous working areas such as quarries, roadways etc. We can camp, ride bikes, ride horses, swim in lochs and rivers, make fires (unless there is a fire warning out) collect fruits and mushrooms and generally enjoy being in the outdoors as long as we treat our right responsibly. We can't hunt, fish for salmon, cut down trees, shoot or drive motorised transport without the landowners permission.
Effectively in Scotland there is no such thing as trespass for people using the land for responsible outdoor recreation.
Most people do treat the countryside responsibly but if neccessary there are other laws to deal with those who don't.

[gailscrypto]

i have a school friend who often goes walking in the highlands and stays in Bothies - they are great :)

[dominique]

Meant to be more a place of shelter when in need than a holiday stay as she made is sound.

[Spiklething]

Seeing as you are looking at Scotland at the moment, how about a reaction to the Falkirk wheel, the only rotating boat lift (elevator) in the world, lifting canal boats over 100 ft up and down between two canals.

[PaulEcosse]

You really wouldn't want to stay more than 48 hours, they are literally in the middle of nowhere.

[lolsaXx]

I grew up hinking in the hills. When ever our route has a bothy on it we always still bring a tent just incase its full.

[Phiyedough]

I've lived in Scotland and visited Skye but was unaware of these facilities. I was familiar with the term bothy as it is just a type of hut. In Portsoy there is a building called the Salmon Bothy but it is a type of village hall. One of my friends plays music there at folk music events.

[caroline_scotland]

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