Glenbeg Bothy
The place
Glenbeg Bothy in the Scottish Highlands, Ullapool/Lochcarron area (Wester Ross, Scotland, United Kingdom), at 350 m elevation, on the slopes of the Fannichs range in Wester Ross. Continuous cluster of Highlands Scotland (batches 220-359). MBA bothy (Mountain Bothies Association, 100 bothies across the UK maintained by volunteers, 6,000 members, founded 1965, a tradition of free overnight stays for hikers in abandoned buildings), in a machair zone (rare Hebridean calcareous coastal grassland) + Highland Council area, 27,000 km², population 235,000, density 8.7 people/km², one of the lowest in Europe + Corrieshalloch Gorge, 1.6 km long, 60 m deep, a spectacular glacial canyon + heritage of the Highland Clearances, 1750-1850, 100,000 Scots evicted by English landowners for Merino sheep + Scottish Gaelic, a UNESCO-critically-endangered language, 87,000 speakers across the Highlands and Hebrides.
The setting
Wester Ross, Ullapool/Lochcarron, Scotland, UK, 350 m, Fannichs range, continuous cluster batches 220-359, MBA, 100 bothies, volunteer-run, 6,000 members, founded 1965, machair, rare Hebridean calcareous grassland + Highland Council area 27,000 km², population 235,000, 8.7 people/km², among the lowest in Europe + Corrieshalloch Gorge, 1.6 km, 60 m, glacial canyon, Highland Clearances 1750-1850, 100,000 Scots, Merino sheep + Gaelic, UNESCO critically endangered, 87,000 speakers across the Highlands and Hebrides.
