Faindouran Bothy or Bust
Join me on this audio blog as I walk into the heart of the Cairngorms and spend the night in Faindouran Bothy.
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How to light a bothy fire
After six miles slogging up a mountain track, heading for a bothy, I start to hate my pack. It’s heavy, cumbersome, and expects
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An Actor’s life
I don’t do it for the glamour, really I don’t. I get no thrill from signing autographs and I’m not the sort of
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The night the Bothy burned
As soon as I said it, I felt the atmosphere change. It had been warm and cosy in the little Bothy, and the
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Can you outrun a wildfire?
I am following a small path, and reach a point where the glen steepens and narrows. Soon the glen is reduced to steep
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The Light’s Fantastic
‘Where the hell is it?’ I probe the darkness with the fading beam of my head torch searching for the bothy. In the dwindling
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Fire and Men
It’s dark and raining heavily now. The bothy fire smokes for a few minutes, coughs, splutters and then dies. Charlie, my walking companion
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The Gravity Trap
Normally, when I’m out in the hills, I don’t worry too much about what the ground beneath my feet feels like. The earth
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The Truth Behind the Smile
First appeared in ukhillwalking.com
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