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Saws, often supplied at the bothy, are useful for cutting dead wood for the bothy fire

Then, perhaps consider joining one of the regular work parties held throughout the year all over the bothy network. You can help restore one of your favourite shelters, meet other bothy-goers and get to spend a weekend in one of the best spots in Britain.

SCOTLAND

Looking out to the Rubha Hunish, the northernmost point on the Isle of Skye, en route to The Lookout

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY

Tunskeen

The very first MBA bothy, situated in the wilds of the Galloway Forest

Tunskeen was the first bothy to be placed under the care of the MBA

I often wonder if, when the idea to begin renovating and protecting old dilapidated buildings in deepest, wildest Scotland was first suggested, anyone thought that it would have grown to the extent it has 50 years later. Thanks to that notion – which must have been looked upon as completely crazy back then – we now have shelters not just spread over Britain’s northernmost country, but in England and Wales too.