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I also loved that the lack of mobile signal means that communications are via a proper telephone – it added to the old-fashioned gangster feel and there’s more menace in having to pick up the ringing phone without knowing who’s at the other end. When not planning her next escapade she is most likely to be found in the mountains, powered by nothing more than her own feet. Suileag would be a superb base from which to explore the mountains of Assynt, particularly Suilven, a popular peak for good reasons. Bothies are unregulated spaces and you should always make your own risk assessment before deciding to visit. You could be forgiven for thinking that every aspect of hillwalking had already been written about, many times, and that most books about Scotland's mountains that are published these days are updating, revisiting or providing the author's personal slant on places and subjects that have been covered by others previously.
The format is a good one, with each bothy having a main piece of text complemented by bite-sized snippets and information panels. Given the importance, position and popularity of Corrour, I would have thought it would be a definite inclusion.
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Highly recommended for anyone looking for a new adventure, or for the person that regularly spends time sleeping out in the hills.A celebration of 26 of the author's favourite bothies from all over the UK in remote and wild locations. Journey into some of the wildest and remotest spots of the UK and you will be amazed at what you will find old, empty houses left open for you to use and at no charge?
Some of the bothies featured can be reached in a half day's walk, on easy to follow bridleways and paths; others require technical and/or navigation skills, especially in winter, with some river crossings or scrambling. Basic bothy code is discussed, and key features of individual bothies; the details are left to his earlier book The Scottish Bothy Bible (which as mentioned is a terrific companion to this book). The Bothy is horribly engrossing: a blackly comic gangster horror that reads like a northern cousin of Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace. Acknowledged as a classic of mountain writing, this book takes you into the bothies, howffs and dosses on the Scottish hills as Fishgut Mac, Desperate Dan and Stumpy the Big Yin stalk hill and public house, evading gamekeepers and Royalty. Those innocent times are long gone and whilst Phoebe Smith’s urge to share her enthusiasm is commendable, it remains to be seen what impact the glare of publicity will have on the bothies she highlights: it may result in an increase in donations to the Mountain Bothies Association or it may result in already-popular bothies being overrun, and however unlikely, the possibility that drunken vandals also read Cicerone guidebooks cannot be discounted.The Book of the Bothy is part guidebook – 26 of the authors favourite routes are covered - and part interesting narrative. 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.
We suspect that Phoebe Smith's book will result in more people visiting and staying in bothies, both those she covers and others, but given the effort needed to reach many of them, she's unlikely to cause an accommodation crisis anytime soon. The excerpts from the author's own bothy book entries provide a nice insight to the author's mind as she travels from bothy to bothy.All in all a fantastic book and I look forward to exploring the other walks, and even staying in the bothies, once they re-open! 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. From Ben Alder Cottage at Dalwhinnie to Greg’s Hut in the Pennines and Arenig Fawr in Snowdonia The Book of the Bothy is a catalogue of delights, sure to promote explorations beyond the author’s selections. This book has a well written introduction and is then split into three section: Scotland, England and Wales.
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