Presenting a complete listing of bothies, including high-traffic spots and hidden gems, Allan takes the reader to Viking longhouses, island hideaways and highland homesteads, recounting captivating histories, imparting useful approach information, and sharing practical hillcraft knowledge along the way. This book is everything the bothy lover could want or need, beautifully produced and enormously practical. It includes all the Mountain Bothy Association's 81 bothies and many lesser-known gems, accompanied by stunning photography which captures the spirit of bothying culture and Scotland’s wildest places.

I picked this book up about a year ago and have been slowly working my way through the locations in the book. Even for the armchair enthusiast, the book is so well organized and presented (with excellent maps and indexes, too) that just by reading it you feel you are learning more about the real Scotland. With captivating histories, detailed route descriptions and practical hillcraft knowledge, this is your essential guide to wild adventure living!

Written by acclaimed author Geoff Allan, this informative book makes the perfect gift for any outdoor lovers and adventurers alike.

Let seasoned outdoor expert Geoff Allan navigate you across burns and bogs, taking you to Viking longhouses, island hideaways and highland homesteads. The Scottish bothy bible is the first ever complete guide book to Scotland’s bothies, featuring full details on over 100 MBA bothies and more. Engaging travel writing documents the captivating history of each bothy and the adventurers who use them.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This first ever guide to Scottish bothies reveals the country’s unique and often hidden network of bothy cabins and mountain huts.

Some don’t like that they are advertised in this way, but for those truly interested and willing to follow the code and treat them with respect, it is an invaluable resource that I would highly recommend. however, the maps were rough hand-drawn, artistic yes, but of zero navigational value, which was a great disappointment. His engaging travel writing documents the fascinating history of each bothy and the adventurers who use them. A simple shelter in remote country for the use and benefit of all those who love being in wild and lonely places' (Mountain Bothies Association). Detailed information on the locations, approach routes, including alternative routes – on foot, by bike and kayak – with nine supporting maps.Scattered across Scotland’s most beautiful landscapes lies a unique and often hidden network of bothies, once-abandoned crofts, farmsteads and mountain huts that are open and free to stay in. This wonderful book is an ideal fireside companion to inspire and inform your future trips to Scotland’s beautiful remote areas. so, nice to look at and inspire, but you will need additional resources to find and navigate your way to the bothys. This first ever complete guide to the Scottish bothies shares the country's unique, diverse, and often hidden network of bothies, cabins and mountain huts.

As you can tell from the front cover the photography inside is stunning and really captures the places well. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This first ever guide to the Scottish bothies reveals the country’s unique and often hidden network of bothy cabins and mountain huts which are free to stay in and offer a chance to experience the ultimate in wild adventure living. Trained as a surveyor, he is a professional photographer and joint maintenance office for an MBA bothy on the Isle of Rum .

MOUNTAIN BOTHY ASSOCIATION 10% of the proceeds from this book go to the MBA for the upkeep of their bothies. Geoff Allan is Scotland’s premier bothy expert: founder of the ‘Bothies on a Bike’ blog he has hiked, biked and slept the night in each and every Scottish bothy. Winner of the Travel Guidebook of the Year 2017, this is a must-have for anyone who loves Scotland’s wild places. Geoff Allan navigates you across burns and bogs, taking you to Viking longhouses, island hideaways and highland homesteads.