If you’re looking for a proper outdoor backpacking adventure on your bike, but don’t have weeks to spend away, then a spot of bothy bikepacking is the perfect solution. Rather than staying under ...

This unforgettable three-day adventure in Sutherland, in the far north of Scotland, follows a trail between two remote bothies and then returns by boat More wilderness adventures in Snowdonia, the ...

On a tight budget, we stayed in a bothy, climbed a mountain, looked for Nessie and – best of all – made memories that money can’t buy ...

Ben Macdui is Britain's second-highest mountain, and reaching its 1309m trig point means navigating the great subarctic wilderness of the Cairngorm plateau. Any hike to the rocky, wide-open summit is ...

Most mountain bothies are in remote locations. Reaching them can be a challenging experience, especially with the added complication of having to cart in materials for repairs and renovation. We could ...

As the light began to fade on an autumnal evening in Scotland, Michael sputtered down the track to the bothy in what looked like a golf buggy on steroids to collect me for dinner. On arrival in the ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Below the hulking rocky mass of the Devil’s Point, a group of young women approach a small mountain shelter on ...