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Why is the parking and terrorising of locals only going to be a problem for 6 months from september and not the rest of the year?
Bothy is pronounced how it is spelled. Say the “both” bit as if you were saying; cloth, sloth, or moth. Scottish accent is optional. K A/Camban Bothy in 1983 What is a bothy? This Raasay walk leaves straight from the ferry terminal and is a great jaunt, either when you arrive on the island or just before you leave. The hike is fairly easy, following waymarked paths for the duration. Although it doesn’t require heavy-duty footwear, it is worth noting that the woodland section can get quite muddy, especially after rain.
And preferably strip Geoff Allan of his MBA membership as, let us not forget not only has he cashed in on bothies when asked by the MBA trustees to 'help' with the An Cladach closure he simply refused to do so. Does that sound like a bloke that has the future well-being of bothies at heart? A flagship MBA bothy, Shenavall is one of the best-known and busiest in Scotland, and a visit is the perfect introduction to the delights of bothying. Spectacularly located on the edge of the Fisherfield Forest and close to an area of remote peaks described by Alfred Wainwright as ‘the Great Wilderness’, it has been a magnet for Munro baggers and walkers for over a century. What is a bothy? Many people think of them as exclusively Scottish, but in fact old farm buildings, cottages and crofts used by walkers are referred to as bothies throughout northern England, Wales and Northern Ireland too. The name is believed to come from the Scots Gaelic or Irish bothan, meaning 'hut', or the Welsh bwthyn, meaning 'cottage'.
The Scottish Bothy Bible, published by Wild Things Publishing, is the first ever complete guide to Scotland's bothies. The book is written by Geoff Allan, a man who has hiked and biked to every well-knownScottish bothy. There is an ethical debate on whether the MBA should have cashed in on the book but surely everyone can see from a purely business perspective that taking the cash injection from a project the MBA had no power to stop makes sense?The bothy was once a hunting lodge before being abandoned. The MBA renovated the bothy in 2009, and it is now known as one of the most significant bothies in Scotland. I'm failing to see your logic here. Surely each bothy closure has to be evaluated in each case? The 'rate of closure' is truly irrelevant to the fact that a bothy will now be closed due to bothy commercialisation by the Bothy Bible and arguably the MBA's role in supporting it. I say again, how many bothies must close due to the Bothy Bible before you consider it to be as big of a problem as any other reasons? 2, 4, 20..? I have, unfortunately, had to re-state the points as a few folk have deliberately tried to deflect the argument with various smokescreens from the OP, not to mention personal insults.
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