Dumb American learns what a Bothy is

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[@bigaldo246]

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.

[@fabianstriebeck8054]

hence why honour systems still work. i love seeing them when going on holiday.

[@VeritySnatch]

they do get trashed though. i wince any time i see a "secret" or non-MBA bothy on youtube.

[@bigaldo246]

@@VeritySnatchWell…if ever I was using a bothy in my early years & seen anyone trash or vandalise them, It’s not only the 💩💩💩💩that would be getting buried 🤬😡🥵🤯

[@michaelprobert4014]

Being American has nothing to do with it. I suspect the other comment, it being far from anywhere is more likely to be right. Also, as a side, note there are often no toilets in these places.

[@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).

[@janettesinclair6279]

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.

[@fabianstriebeck8054]

that is a great way to stop by when having a budge holiday. big upgrade from tent as campers.

[@jonathangoll2918]

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.)

[@katarzynaroszak7981]

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

[@johngault22]

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)

[@mairiconnell6282]

@@johngault22 It’s a long time since I heard the word Teuchter.

[@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.

[@alundavies1016]

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.

[@mairiconnell6282]

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.

[@markwilkie3677]

Well said.

[@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...

[@paulharvey9149]

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.

[@nicksykes4575]

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 KZbin, with the King asking them if the Bothy was up to expectations.

[@fishbiscuit2000]

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.

[@caroline_scotland]

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[@sueKay]

King Charles maintains a bothy which is in some youtube videos, most famously when some mountain cyclists decided to stay in it, went out a cycle and met King Charles who was out a walk. They're almost all privately owned, and the landowners join the association.

[@dominique8233]

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

[@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.

[@gailscrypto1536]

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

[@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.

[@PaulEcosse]

And they're quite often nowhere near a road, you have to hike to reach some of them.

[@donsland1610]

I amazes me that you cannot understand that not everywhere is as bad as the USA. People have respect for the countryside and of course the bothy's. I have used them all over Scotland and ever one has been just as she shows here. People carry in wood or coal sometimes to be able to have a fire and usually leave any excess behind for others to use. I have often found tins of food as well. They can also be a life saver in the more remote areas when the weather takes a turn for the worse allowing a safe shelter until things improve.

[@paultchax502]

It,s a few decades since I last staid in a bothy was up close to Ballater on the then Queens estate for a winter jaunt up Lochnagar in the snow and ice by the waterfall, with work mates. Prior to the Queen going to Balmoral (her Scottish residence) it would be checked and those in it by Royal Protection and Special forces. A bit of an exciting episode for my mates. One of many tales that were revealed by the fire. Mind you we would never even think of vandalising an bothy as the can be life savers in bad weather. It changes very quickly here.

[@ericcorry1199]

It is an unwritten law you do not abuse the system It is basically a stopover for hikers or walkers for a stop or a refuge if the weather takes a turn for the worse Some have wood stoves for heating Generally you leave it better than you found it You will find bothies also on the normal maps

[@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.

[@VeritySnatch]

the little window is for binoculars. its an ex coastguard station. bothys sometimes get trashed. the main protection they have is their geographical isolation. it filters out the opportunists. there are private (locked), privately run, and secret bothys as well as the MBA ones.

[@maximiliandegarnerinvonmon6457]

Little window is for little farts, but big farts then you open a bigger window.

[@MisterJ56]

I guess the tiny window is for "opening up" to get some fresh air inside the building and NOT for take-away/fly-by that's said somewhere in these comments. Domino's Pizza will knock on your door and not at your window 🙂

[@framegote5152]

As a bird watcher myself I think the little windows are to put your tele-lens of your photocamera through, so you don't have to take photo's through the glass.

[@petervandieren]

Those windows can be used for photography and making video's. You don't want to do that through glass.

[@daphnelovesL]

What is a Bothy: and I am Dutch

[@yula3723]

It is Scottish

[@mairiconnell6282]

They are shelters in isolate areas. They are mostly used if the weather gets bad. They are also a great place to navigate to if you are lost in the mountains. Mountain Rescue can locate you if you are in trouble. Saved many lives.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Hi Charlie... Just to say (& I know someone will correct me if I'm in error here) but although "bothy" looks like it's pronounced like "both-y" it actually rhymes with "cloth"-yr both - cloth. ( _Unless_ _you_ say 'cloth' to rhyme with 'both' ?!) so _not_ the long 'oh' sound, like: oh, or so, or flow, or go, okay? 👎 The short 'o' instead... Bothy o...like: Cloth, moth, broth, doth... okay? 👍 _not_ "bowthy" ... 🤞😏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♥️🙂🖖

[@duncanliath]

Thank you for pointing this out. As a Scot, his consistent mispronunciation was grating to my ears 🙄

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@duncanliath I'm just glad I got it right because I hate putting forward edits re pronunciation, only to discover I was in error. I try to be helpful, not to mislead. 🤞👍🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿♥️🇬🇧🙂🖖

[@paolow1299]

Every year people are killed on the Scottish hills and mountains because they are caught out by sudden weather changes these Bothys can save your life .The girl has an English accent by the way so may not be saying things correctly herself . .

[@picobyte]

The tiny window is for the drive-by/fly-by take away..

[@garymcatear822]

The Bothy's are basically survival huts in the middle of nowhere for hikers and climbers who get into trouble with sudden changes in weather and stuff.

[@tighabhinn]

'Bothy' to rhyme with 'coffee'

[@sueKay]

I've never stayed in a bothy as I try to avoid overnight walks unless I have accommodation booked. You're really only ever going to be using a bothy if you're walking somewhere very remote, and if you get to one and it's full then tough luck - you're sleeping rough! Most people will only stay in a bothy for a single night, unless you're doing a particularly tough and remote mountain climb and use the bothy as your base for a couple of nights. One walk I've always wanted to do is the walk to Scotland's most remote pub - The Old Forge in Inverie on the Knoydart peninsula - to get there it's either a boat ride (which I've done a few times), or a two day walk over three mountains! People do not vandalise bothies. Most of them are several miles walk from the nearest town, so vandals don't visit them. Also, get yourself to the ocean if you can. Nothing beats being at the coast!

[@jackofalltrades5761]

Windows are for fresh air. What a concept.

[@VeritySnatch]

those windows are specifically for binoculars. the building was previously a coastguard station

[@Phiyedough]

This bothy is not suitable for Americans as there is no air conditioning!

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

Stop talking about it GO. There's also youth hostels.

[@1nikg]

Stay as long as you like as long as you look after them. I know you're making a reaction vid bu you're reading into it too much. They dont get vandalised because lowlifes tend not to push themselves and go hiking

[@K8E666]

Bothy’s exist in a harsh wilderness to save lives in bad weather or in dangerous circumstances. If you’re caught out in bad weather conditions, especially in the Scottish Isles like Skye and you need a place of refuge and protection until the weather passes and you can safely leave. They’re generally maintained by an association or by the Laird who owns the land. They’re not meant to take the place of your hotel or B&B, they’re simply a means of staying safe and protected from the elements in bad weather or if you’re unwell or injured during a walking expedition in the Highlands or on the Island.

[@marksmith9566]

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