If you find either, or both, you are in a very upmarket bothy. In fact, you are probably in the wrong place. Any facilities are rare and probably detract from the whole experience. What about the social life?

The whole code is built around respect, cos no-one is there to make sure you’re following the rules. The MBA aren’t gonna turn up in their cute little uniforms to make sure you enforce the rules they’ve set… which is why they ask and expect you to respect the bothy you’re staying in. Only Use It if You Need It It’s this bit of magic that Venture Trust has been delivering for almost 40 years now and most importantly, it’s delivered to those who otherwise would be least likely to access these places, but most likely to benefit. Please observe any restrictions on use of the bothy, for example, during stag stalking or at lambing time. Please remember, bothies are available for short stays only. The owner’s permission must be obtained if you intend an extended stay. But while you can find bothies elsewhere, it's Scottish bothies that really epitomise the bothy experience. The scenery of the Scottish Highlands is simply stunning, andtheirhistory - particularly the hugely controversial Highland Clearances of the 18th and 19th Centuries - means there were a lot of abandoned crofts and cottages in the region, even before the general depopulation of remoter rural areas across the rest of the UK, which began accelerating from the 1920s onwards. I’ve only stayed in a few bothies, compared to how many exist around the UK. But they’ve all been really great experiences!Entered through a small internal lobby, the one-room apartment is effectively an independent, well-finished, and very snug little bothy in itself, with its own hearth and a sleeping platform running the length of one wall. A small stonewalled outbuilding with a window in its west end has been constructed on the north side of the apartment. Key Attractions:

I have many childhood memories of bothies as a place of laughter amongst friends who had travelled together into the wilderness, strangers arriving off the hills late at night and being welcomed into the warmth, places that made you feel safe and secure no matter what was going on outside or what sort of conditions you had come in from. The view of Loch Glencoul is the reason this bothy tops the list of best mountain bothies in Scotland!There is a certain mystical quality associated with Maol Bhuidhe, a lonesome homestead which lies in the heart of the remote, roadless territory between Glen Carron and Glen Shiel. Make sure you bring a sleeping mat that will insulate you from the ground and keep you comfortable. In very simple terms, there are many derelict properties scattered across the Scottish landscape because of the waves of depopulation that began in the mid- to late-18th century and did not ease until after World War II. The initial driving force behind the exodus was a process of forced evictions known as the ‘Highland Clearances’. People then continued to abandon their communities when harvest failures led to illness and famine, with many leaving for the industrial heartland that grew rapidly in Lowland Scotland through the Victorian era.