As a young fella, I stayed in a spot called fladda lighthouse off the coast of an island called Luing just south of Oban. My Aunt was a kayaker who died quite young and this was close to where her cairn was placed. I was quite apprehensive but in reality, I felt nothing untoward, more like she was around and looking after us. enjoyed your video mate. Subbed too.
Spent decades bothying in the Highlands and Islands. Had many solo nights as well and never had any spooky happenings other than deer scuffing about outside...
Couldn't stop smiling at your fear of being in a Bothy without a lock on the door. Over here in NZ, we have over 1000 hut and shelters in our forests and mountains, all have no locks. The more that you get out and use them the fear will dissipate, and you will start to enjoy it more. So far this year I've done 50 tramps (hikes) most of them solo, taught bushcraft and was a mountain guide. so, most of my life has been in the mountains and in that time have seen students go from scared to, able, and confident in a very short time. Tramping is our national pastime, so most people start young. In my local forest there are 52 huts and shelters, and the forest is 80k long and 30k wide and rises to 1600M and the bush line goes up to 1200M, so you can get truly away from it all and not be worried about 'mad axe men' coming after you. enjoyed the video. ATB Cheers from the mountains of NZ 😊😊
@@streetdrummersinc4387 Why.You know what aye means.I'm from Scotland.Olso,i spent many a time in a bothy.If you don't like how we talk here,then do not come to Scotland.
This place basically looks exactly like the old barn I'm in now.. but at least I have some old furniture still helping to cave in the rest of the floor slowly... I do like it though. :) Wouldn't go back to the city for love nor money.
Imagine all of the different types of people through the many ages, who've passed through, camped, fought bloody battles, hid from Romans or Vikings (or Picts), and all tho souls who have met violent ends in those very spooky wooded areas. Lots of dark vibes ...I would not venture there at night in any woods. I did that camping thing in the hills in Spain, and I did not have very good nights there...all kinds of spirit activity through the nights...I am too traumitized to even recall those old memories so long ago.
Ive actually had supernatural experiences in this bothy with two friends, my two black labs were went mental at one point barking and growling. The door flung open at one point - no wind or anything either...
There's no lock on the door but if you were camping you wouldn't have a lock on your tent would you! Bothies are only scary if you tell yourself that they are scary, otherwise it's a stone tent. Oh and people can and sometimes do arrive a bothies hours after dark so you need to be prepared for that too, I still love a night in a bothy but I'd have to admit that it's much more fun when there's a few of you.
Yea got woken up at 2am for two polish dudes rolling into the bothy in the lake District. Then 30 mins later a family of 7 roll up and set there tents up. 😂😂😂
After you went to get some water in the dark and returned to the bothy, it's courtesy to knock upon re-entering so all those wee ghosties can hide again. Now ask yourself what you would do if you heard the door latch moving while you were down by the water 👀
I took my kid camping on Brownsea Island recently. I had to carry a full rucksack like the one you carried. It was only about a 20 minute walk but carrying that heavy rucksack almost killed me on a hot summers day. I feel your pain. I kept thinking that I am too old for this s**t. That cabin looks awesome and it is a bit creepy knowing anyone could enter while you sleep.
Havent stayed on my own there but with my partner. Lovely atmosphere in there . To be fair I'd rather not stay in a bothy alone, buildings are creepier than a tent ! there's some great history around and about that bothy if you look into it.
I once stayed in a very remote abandoned farmhouse back in the 70s. I consumed some magic mushrooms, the experience that followed was something straight out of the movie EVIL DEAD and BLAIR WITCH combined, I have never been the same since ,I now sleep with the lights on
While you were reading the Bothy Log, I was thinking, it's going to be awkward if the last entry is from some raving psycho who threatens to return and do unspeakable things to the occupiers. I've got to stop watching horror movies !
Enjoyed this one. I think it would be nice to have a partner to travel with to these remote places, but it didn't look like a bad place to be. I do think I might have been more afraid to be alone after dark than you were.
@80skidoutdoors-00 I'd feel exactly the same lol. I'd try it though but wouldn't sleep. I'd be expecting something from evil dead to come up through the floor 🤣
I have ,and I will again. Seems to be that all Bothies , woodlands and camping locations have become haunted within the last few years. Folk believe any thing these days . Really enjoyed though and best wishes
Sorry - didn't mean to dump on you. I have backpacked in many soggy locations. Just returned from a backcountry trip to Alaska. The trick I use to start fires in wet conditions is to sprinkle some Coleman fuel on the wood. I noticed you carried some in for your stove. Works every time. Obviously start with some lighter gauge wood strips. If you have a hatchet you can peel off strips to get into the dry interior of the logs and branches which will help enormously. Good luck !
@@waterst9 Yes mate , I agree with everything you are saying. However, you were the one that referenced the Coleman fuel, which you saw in the video, which could not be sprinkled on firewood. Hope you can see where I'm coming from.
Lol it's never hunted, I go there once a year but I walk in from Ballachulish. Light a fire and sleep on the wooden couch in front of it, Its looked after by the MBA. new fire put in last year.
The Bothy Association advises against visitors cutting the live trees in the area and to only use any fallen wood. It had been raining heavily and I knew everything would be wet so I took those easy light logs just to guarantee I'd be able to keep warm.
Bothies are free and open to everyone. You don't need to take your own logs as there is normally dead wood around the forests. However as it had been wet I took some in with me to be sure I would stay warm
@@MrStraightlover They're open to anyone at any time. I guess you could put something in front of the door, but generally they are pretty remote locations so the only people who go out there are hikers
So would you stay here on your own at night?
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You bet I would.
Probably not 😂
@@80skidoutdoors-00 yes. Happily!
Most definitely. I stayed in a haunted castle for a night and nothing happened 👻
I've been here many times .I never felt scared. It's the living we have to worry about.
@@stevebannon6340 It was the possibility of someone walking in that unsettled me I think
@@80skidoutdoors-00 or click bait!
True dat.
Tell that to someone who's seen something paranormal.
That’s why I never go camping unarmed.
If you are alone, a furry companion would ease things up. Thank you for sharing your adventure. Enjoyed this. ❤
Love your honesty about feeling nervous - I would be exactly the same...great video
Thanks mate 👍
As a young fella, I stayed in a spot called fladda lighthouse off the coast of an island called Luing just south of Oban. My Aunt was a kayaker who died quite young and this was close to where her cairn was placed. I was quite apprehensive but in reality, I felt nothing untoward, more like she was around and looking after us. enjoyed your video mate. Subbed too.
Cheers mate, always wanted to stay in a lighthouse 👍
It's always nice to leave something for the next person,I usually leave one of those logs incase someone needs it
Spent decades bothying in the Highlands and Islands.
Had many solo nights as well and never had any spooky happenings other than deer scuffing about outside...
Couldn't stop smiling at your fear of being in a Bothy without a lock on the door. Over here in NZ, we have over 1000 hut and shelters in our forests and mountains, all have no locks. The more that you get out and use them the fear will dissipate, and you will start to enjoy it more. So far this year I've done 50 tramps (hikes) most of them solo, taught bushcraft and was a mountain guide. so, most of my life has been in the mountains and in that time have seen students go from scared to, able, and confident in a very short time. Tramping is our national pastime, so most people start young. In my local forest there are 52 huts and shelters, and the forest is 80k long and 30k wide and rises to 1600M and the bush line goes up to 1200M, so you can get truly away from it all and not be worried about 'mad axe men' coming after you. enjoyed the video. ATB Cheers from the mountains of NZ 😊😊
I enjoyed this video and I’m looking forward to watching the others. I’m a new subscriber
Thank you 👍
Always heard about the bothys of Scotland, this was a cool video and showed the beauty of Scotland's rugged highlands, phenomenal !
Thank you 👍
I'd never even heard of them until a couple of days ago. I'm from London so couldn't be any further away lol
OMG, chilling video, something is lurking in those woods at night. Something is stalking the cabin !
Nice adventure, sir! I'm from the states, but used to visit Scotland often, and have slept in a few bothys. Thanks for sharing! 👍
Really Blair Witch vibes here mate. Scary AF. Love this approach for the content.
Thanks mate. I just feel like I'm getting tired of gaming tbh and thought it was about time to go outside and have some real adventures
@@80skidoutdoors-00 Wise move. I feel the same sometimes and I'm barely into my 30s. I don't judge you bro. Enjoy!!
You are lucky to leave there in one piece,the local haggis are wild in that part of Scotland.
@@loganavich17 Lol
I was almost pushed off my feet by a herd of haggis in '83, fierce little blighters
@@romac9516 They're worse when there's a full moon.
😀,have used bothys for over 30 years, no dramas though some good tales.
Mostly,the only dramas are of your own doing,or with the others with you.
@@williamhannah7768 Aye.
@@streetdrummersinc4387 Why.You know what aye means.I'm from Scotland.Olso,i spent many a time in a bothy.If you don't like how we talk here,then do not come to Scotland.
@@williamhannah7768 Am sorry if i have offended in any way, was under the the impression it means yes?
@@streetdrummersinc4387 None taken.Cheers.
This place basically looks exactly like the old barn I'm in now.. but at least I have some old furniture still helping to cave in the rest of the floor slowly... I do like it though. :) Wouldn't go back to the city for love nor money.
Such beaituful views! Thanks for sharing! Greetings from the USA! 😻
Great video, definitely gonna have to check this place out, new subscriber 😎
Imagine all of the different types of people through the many ages, who've passed through, camped, fought bloody battles, hid from Romans or Vikings (or Picts), and all tho souls who have met violent ends in those very spooky wooded areas. Lots of dark vibes ...I would not venture there at night in any woods. I did that camping thing in the hills in Spain, and I did not have very good nights there...all kinds of spirit activity through the nights...I am too traumitized to even recall those old memories so long ago.
Ive actually had supernatural experiences in this bothy with two friends, my two black labs were went mental at one point barking and growling.
The door flung open at one point - no wind or anything either...
@@GusDug1 Glad that didn't happen when I was there lol
Spooky. 😂
Yeest ye come back laddie!!
@@80skidoutdoors-00 aye it was very spooky mate haha
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@@abarbeanoufrenzis4857 Thanks mate, glad you liked it 👍
No mad axemen, just a few claymore-wielding enthusiasts. Nice video!
Those are the sort of windows faces look in.
I'm glad that didn't happen lol
I'm wondering why they have a slide latch on the outside of the door.
Probably to stop it blowing or swinging open. But I’d definitely be thinking “What if some nutter locks me in?”
Nice little video. I’ll watch for the next one.
@@MancFlowerDragon Thanks. I did one about going up Ben Nevis last week if you want to check that one out.
There's no lock on the door but if you were camping you wouldn't have a lock on your tent would you! Bothies are only scary if you tell yourself that they are scary, otherwise it's a stone tent. Oh and people can and sometimes do arrive a bothies hours after dark so you need to be prepared for that too, I still love a night in a bothy but I'd have to admit that it's much more fun when there's a few of you.
@@wandering_not_lost Very true 😂
True 🤔
Yea got woken up at 2am for two polish dudes rolling into the bothy in the lake District. Then 30 mins later a family of 7 roll up and set there tents up. 😂😂😂
After you went to get some water in the dark and returned to the bothy, it's courtesy to knock upon re-entering so all those wee ghosties can hide again.
Now ask yourself what you would do if you heard the door latch moving while you were down by the water 👀
@@quantumbacon I'll remember for future bothies 😂
Most Chinese, will knock on hotel rooms door before entering, to give notice to the spirits, hotel guests are coming in 😂
@@pringlessourcream9527
beware.. The bothy is ALL corner rooms.
@@pringlessourcream9527 I actually love that tradition.
Your picture quality is amazing!
I'm using the DJI Osmo Action 4, it's so good!
If you had took a portable generator, and strapped a 50 inch telly on your back you could have watched a few horror movies.
But looked a good Bothy.
That would've been awesome 😂
Great video, good to see you out enjoying life.
I took my kid camping on Brownsea Island recently. I had to carry a full rucksack like the one you carried. It was only about a 20 minute walk but carrying that heavy rucksack almost killed me on a hot summers day. I feel your pain. I kept thinking that I am too old for this s**t. That cabin looks awesome and it is a bit creepy knowing anyone could enter while you sleep.
I hope that the percentage of Scotland's landscape that's forested is increased , as it look's so beautiful as part of the landscape!😃☺️
I would stay here, but not alone. I don't know my way around lol
Such beautiful countryside, lush and green.
Just found this channel and subscribed!
Thank you 👍
Havent stayed on my own there but with my partner. Lovely atmosphere in there . To be fair I'd rather not stay in a bothy alone, buildings are creepier than a tent ! there's some great history around and about that bothy if you look into it.
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Oh wow I would love to go there. What a beautiful place
It really is beautiful, and actually not that scary it turns out
Very nice video not the sort of thing I usually watch but enjoyed it 🤓
Thank you 👍
I once stayed in a very remote abandoned farmhouse back in the 70s.
I consumed some magic mushrooms, the experience that followed was something straight out of the movie EVIL DEAD and BLAIR WITCH combined, I have never been the same since ,I now sleep with the lights on
Spooky!!!! Perfect video for Halloween!
Loved the content mate, and I'd have definitely put a chair behind the door at night 😆 .
@@will...9814 Cheers
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Thank you 👍
Great video well done 👏 I wouldn’t say there alone 😅
@@graham_ozzy Thanks mate. It was actually really cool, but I could've done with a more comfy bed
Dark out there. Nice and quiet. Pretty cool!!!
Why was there a lock on the outside of the front door 😅
now that’s the sort of thought that would weird me out
Taigh Seumas a’ Ghlinne (James of the Glen) bothy
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Thanks, I'm worried I won't be able to top this video now lol
While you were reading the Bothy Log, I was thinking, it's going to be awkward if the last entry is from some raving psycho who threatens to return and do unspeakable things to the occupiers.
I've got to stop watching horror movies !
Enjoyed the video, i hope you left some firewood for the next visitors?
Thanks. I actually used it all before the night was out. Glad it wasn't any colder that night
Enjoyed this one. I think it would be nice to have a partner to travel with to these remote places, but it didn't look like a bad place to be. I do think I might have been more afraid to be alone after dark than you were.
@@LyndaCarnes It would feel safer if you were in a group, but it was very peaceful on my own.
Happy hippy caught some of the most profound activity on youtube with his visit to the white Laggan bothy. Crazy stuff.
Beautiful scenery 🥰
If ever I’m alone in a bothy, I would barricade the front door with a couch, bench, etc. as that would give me time to exit through a window 😮
The windows didn't open lol
When I first saw the back pack on the ground I thought it was a huddled child or something. lol creeped me out before it even got dark outside! hahaha
Lol
I think it probably feels scary cause there isnt any window coverings. But overall you're brave. I wouldnt stay there alone.
@@AngelasNoFrillsASMR I really enjoyed my night there, but I couldn't relax enough to sleep lol
@80skidoutdoors-00 I'd feel exactly the same lol. I'd try it though but wouldn't sleep. I'd be expecting something from evil dead to come up through the floor 🤣
It’s not creepy, it’s cosy!
Those logs you brought mate are for indoor fire places, ambiance logs we call them! They are not used for a proper keep burning fire
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@@violetsinspring5863 Thank you!
Anything above that suspended ceiling?
Blair Witch won the Golden Bear award winning 2 popcorn awards
Many miles away there’s a shadow on the door…..
Great adventure thankyou
@@glendamears3618 Thanks 👍
James body was kept in a cage at Ballachulish till it rotted.
They just wanted him dead, although they knew he was innocent of the Appin murder.
Beautiful adventure. No curtains, no locks. Would not do it by myself.
Me neither.
You actually backpacked logs into your camp ? Damn - not exactly lite backpacking. No filet mignon with a nice Malbec?
It had been raining so it would've been difficult to get a fire started if I'd collected the wood there.
@@80skidoutdoors-00 I have a reputation amongst my friends that I “could set fire to a wet sponge”. 😂
Interesting that you knocked. A friend told to always knock hotel room doors before going in to allow time for spirits to disperse. 😱
I knocked in case some people were already staying there, but if there's any truth to that then I did the right thing lol
I have ,and I will again. Seems to be that all Bothies , woodlands and camping locations have become haunted within the last few years. Folk believe any thing these days . Really enjoyed though and best wishes
Sorry - didn't mean to dump on you. I have backpacked in many soggy locations. Just returned from a backcountry trip to Alaska. The trick I use to start fires in wet conditions is to sprinkle some Coleman fuel on the wood. I noticed you carried some in for your stove. Works every time. Obviously start with some lighter gauge wood strips. If you have a hatchet you can peel off strips to get into the dry interior of the logs and branches which will help enormously. Good luck !
@@waterst9 Cheers mate 👍
Dear Waterst9 . That Coleman fuel,you saw in the video is a butane/propane gas mix.
Not the liquid naptha fuel you are probably thinking of.
@@clivedunning4317 my point was to use a flammable substance to initiate a fire under wet conditions.
@@waterst9 Yes mate , I agree with everything you are saying.
However, you were the one that referenced the Coleman fuel, which you saw in the video, which could not be sprinkled on firewood.
Hope you can see where I'm coming from.
@@clivedunning4317 the Coleman fuel should be flammable. It's combustable - is it not ?
I freak myself out when bottles from the fridge are left out, they can make a pretty scary pop :O
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Be careful. Volatiles are everywhere 😳😳😳
Don't like the idea of not being able to lock the door. And, no curtains on the windows. You are brave. Stay safe. 😊
And tents all have mortice locks !
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Bringing fire logs to the woods is a bit like bringing coals to Newcastle innit?
But you do really need to replace wood you have used.
@@ks-eq3yx Clearing out dead wood is doing a forest a service. Helps prevent big fires that kill the trees and not just the dead brush
Lol it's never hunted, I go there once a year but I walk in from Ballachulish. Light a fire and sleep on the wooden couch in front of it, Its looked after by the MBA. new fire put in last year.
Greetings from the Dakota's, first time I've seen someone pack in wood to a forest???
The Bothy Association advises against visitors cutting the live trees in the area and to only use any fallen wood. It had been raining heavily and I knew everything would be wet so I took those easy light logs just to guarantee I'd be able to keep warm.
First glance at you I thought King James Stuart lookalike. Then you mentioned a James Stuart being hung. I thought that weird.
That chair looks quite creepy
Be wary of the stags they can be feisty😮
It's Rutting season too, but the advice on the MBA website said the Duror bothy was safe. Thankfully I could only hear them in the Glen
How much to stay there and do you take your own logs. 😊
Bothies are free and open to everyone. You don't need to take your own logs as there is normally dead wood around the forests. However as it had been wet I took some in with me to be sure I would stay warm
It kinda looks like the evil dead cabin.
Just don’t read any book out aloud!
@@jessicapayne8622 Lol
@@80skidoutdoors-00 just take a puzzle book with a red pen.
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I wouldn't go hiking, bushwalking or camping solo or without a firearm! Not worried about the animals, it's people that worry me the most.
Yes, exactly. Ashame isn't it that we have to fear our own kind.
@@soniabennett1674don’t think so in Scotland!
Wat a beautiful lil bothy 😎😍
Something I would love to do, what a beautiful place
@@shereenlawford3220 It really is a cool spot.
Do bothies always have no locks? That's dangerous if any bad guys try to do harm on you.
@@MrStraightlover They're open to anyone at any time. I guess you could put something in front of the door, but generally they are pretty remote locations so the only people who go out there are hikers
Brother hope all is well. I feel like I have seen you somewhere. Oh well like the video
Is there a mobile phone signal up there ?
Surprisingly there is
I would have turned off all the lights and just let my eyes get used to the darkness. After a while it's not completely dark anymore.
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Can't bare an open window like that,inside can't see anything outside but from outside you can see in eughghghh.
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Two words: Door Wedges. There should be a rule, visitors after a certain time can't come in for safety aspects.
Used to be a spectacular throne seat made from 2x4s guess it went up the chimney 😢
@@Puffball-ll1ly The throne seat is still there, I showed it in the video. It's still a nice little bothy
@80skidoutdoors-00 good news must have been moved! 👍
Pleasant nightmares dude
Strangely quite peaceful and calming place at night. Not spooky at all. Well, maybe because I'm sitting in my house with the lights on 😅
If you use a Mountain bothy it would be good to donate to the MBA or Join same. Bothies are open to all, no booking......
Great video, You should get a Utility Wagon
TaraLynn (Calgary Alberta Canada)
Very nice
I think you're right sounds like Evil Dead Vibe for sure
I stayed at spithope bothy a couple of years ago on my Todd.was rather spooky I've never been back by my self .
@@michaelforster8440 That one does look very small
Glad there's no bear or tiger along the way.
Just wild haggis very dangerous during the rutting season