Category: Glendessary
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A’ Chuil
If you’re wondering why I haven’t posted for a week or so, it’s because I was out of communication in Glen Dessary. Specifically, I was staying at a remote mountain bothie named A’ Chuil. ‘A’ Chuil’ translates to ‘the back’ in English. It’s unclear to me whether this refers to its remote location — the…
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The old schoolroom, Strathan
A tin hut stands at the confluence of Glen Pean and Glen Dessary at the head of the 12 mile Loch Arkaig. This is Strathan, the end of the public road from Spean Bridge and a parting of the old routes north to Loch Nevis and south to Glenfinnan. It is probable that the Glen…
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A’ Chuile
A bothy in Glendessary, 30 miles north west of Fort William. Scottish bothies have been romanticised recently with several press articles and TV programmes. Free places to stay in remote locations with congenial company around a roaring log fire without those creature comforts of modern life that most take for granted. Electricity, gas, WiFi and…