How to light a bothy fire
After six miles slogging up a mountain track, heading for a bothy, I start to hate my pack. It’s heavy, cumbersome, and expects
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Cairngorms
Are you a real man
The wind rattles the bothy door and pushes hopefully against the windows, the frames flex under the pressure of the gale but I
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Gorilla in the Mist
As someone once said, “There is a fine line between courage and lunacy.” Those are the words that come into my mind as
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Armpit Trousers. Tips for Bothy nights
If you are thinking of visiting a Highland bothy, and if it’s something you’ve not experienced you definitely should take the opportunity for
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Confessions of a Mountain Bike Novice
Until a couple of weeks ago I was a mountain bike virgin. I saw people on them but had never ridden one. Now
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The Bothy with no Name
It’s all going pear shaped, I’m running round the house looking for my head torch, my little stove and my set of pans.
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Good Reads for Bad Days
I’m writing this in the little blip that exists in all our lives between Christmas and new Year. It’s like a temporary truce
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Tear the compass from my cold dead hand.
I’m in the forest, it’s dark, I’m on a path that didn’t exist when they made the map I’m using. I can see
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The Wet
I’ve been trying to ignore it for a while but now I’ve had to accept the something is happening “down below.” My inner
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Meeting the Grey Man
Something is coming towards me through the mist, I can see the figure of a man, easily nine feet high, striding in my
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