Glas-allt-Shiel

To find the entrance to the bothy is a little tricky. It is located between the buildings. Follow the dark(er) alley at the east side of the main building to the only accessible part of the mansion. The bothy offers a room with a large table and two bunkbeds at the ground floor and space for around four to five people in the attic.

There is a fireplace and you might find some (wet) wood and saws. The toilet is a few feet away in the adjacent building. It is primitive with a hole in the ground and two buckets to flush. The flowing stream next to the bothy is a decent water source.

Possibly one of the strangest bothies going, if only for being an out-house on the Queen’s holiday home!

Glas-allt-Shiel is an open bothy—meaning a basic shelter, left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge—and boasts a picturesque location.

The entrance is by the fifth door along, just out of sight in the darkness of the passage.

The hunting lodge built for Queen Victoria, which she used as a retreat, can now be used as Bothy.