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Bothies review

Thursday 16th August 2018, 4:26pm



The Mountain Bothies Association, which looks after shelters in remote mountain areas, added four bothies to its portfolio in 2017.

In the charity’s annual report, it notes £81,000 was spent on maintenance activities during 2017, with over 124 work parties undertaken at more than 60 different bothies.

During the course of the year a new bothy was opened at Abyssinia, in the Arrochar Alps. South of the border new bothies were also opened at Flittingford in Northumberland and Cae Amos in Snowdonia. The organisation also took over management of the Great Lingy Hut in the Lake District.

By the end of the year the MBA was maintaining 102 bothies, with 81 of those in Scotland, 12 in England and nine in Wales. Although the MBA maintains the bothies, which are open to all to use free of charge, all but one of them remain the property of the landowners.

The MBA is a charity and was established in 1965. It has around 3,800 members, and undertakes the restoration and maintenance of a number of old cottages, huts and similar buildings throughout the wilder parts of Scotland, England and Wales for use as open shelters for walkers and other outdoor enthusiasts. Many of the buildings that are cared for by the MBA would otherwise have become derelict.  All of the restoration and maintenance work is undertaken by volunteers and is financed by member subscriptions and by donations. The work of the Association was recognised by the award of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service in 2015.

Download the MBA annual review for 2017.

Find out more about the MBA at www.mountainbothies.org.uk



Abyssinia Bothy.