Scottish Bothy Walks - 28 best bothy adventures
Scottish Bothy Walks describes 28 sensational walking adventures, visiting Scotland’s finest bothies. Choosing his favourite bothies as the focal point, Geoff Allan guides the reader on a mix of day walks and multi-day excursions, highlighting the incredible mountains, wildlife, geography and history that you will find along the way. Combining beautiful photos, detailed route descriptions, points of interest and downloadable instructions, this is the ultimate companion for bothy-lovers and those exploring Scotland’s wilds, written by Scotland’s premier bothy expert.
Scottish Bothy Walks describes 28 sensational walking adventures, visiting Scotland’s finest bothies. Choosing his favourite bothies as the focal point, Geoff Allan guides the reader on a mix of day walks and multi-day excursions, highlighting the incredible mountains, wildlife, geography and history that you will find along the way. Combining beautiful photos, detailed route descriptions, points of interest and downloadable instructions, this is the ultimate companion for bothy-lovers and those exploring Scotland’s wilds, written by Scotland’s premier bothy expert.
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GAELIC GLOSSARY<br />
Many landscape features and place names in the book<br />
are in Scots Gaelic. Also included below are Scots words<br />
that are frequently used in the descriptions.<br />
A<br />
abhainn river<br />
ailean field, grassy plain<br />
aird height, promontory<br />
allt stream<br />
àth ford<br />
B<br />
bàgh bay<br />
beag small<br />
bealach saddle pass<br />
ben/beinn/bheinn mountain<br />
buidhe yellow<br />
burn stream<br />
byre shed or barn for cattle<br />
C<br />
càrn cairn<br />
clach stone<br />
cladach beach, shore, coast<br />
coire hanging valley<br />
cnoc knoll<br />
crannog ancient fortified lake/<br />
marsh dwelling<br />
creag crag, rock, cliff<br />
croft tenanted smallholding<br />
D<br />
damh deer<br />
dearg red<br />
dreich dreary<br />
druim spine, ridge<br />
dubh black<br />
dun fort<br />
E<br />
eas waterfall<br />
eilean island<br />
F<br />
feith bog, underground stream<br />
fionn fair, white<br />
G<br />
gaoith wind<br />
garbh rough, stony<br />
geal white<br />
ghillie hunting/fishing guide<br />
glas grey-green<br />
glen/gleann valley<br />
H<br />
howff rough-and-ready shelter<br />
L<br />
laird owner of an estate<br />
lairig pass, saddle<br />
liath grey<br />
lochan small lake, tarn<br />
M<br />
machair coastal grassy plain<br />
mam breast<br />
maol bare, bald<br />
meall/mheall round hill<br />
mòr/more/mhor big, great<br />
R<br />
ruadh reddish<br />
rhubha point or headland<br />
runrig landholding divided into<br />
strips belonging to different<br />
owners<br />
S<br />
sgòr/sgorr jagged peak<br />
sheiling shepherds’ shelter<br />
stane stone<br />
strath wide valley<br />
stravaig wander, roam<br />
T<br />
traigh beach<br />
U<br />
uaimh/uamh cave<br />
uaine green<br />
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