Eventually I reach the head of Loch na h Oidhche (Usually known as – Loch what?) it is there that the giant pyramids of the Torridon hills begin to loom on the horizon and your eyes are drawn ever upwards toward these ancient hills. After a mile or so the bothy pops up from hits hiding place, you can’t see it until you almost fall over it. The sheer scale and spectacle of the views takes me by surprise, from here you see Torridon’s hills from a new perspective and this little high bothy commands one of the most incredible views of any mountain shelter I have ever seen. I just stand looking, amazed at the grandeur and just as surprised as to how this place can be so little known. My eyes wander, again and again, away across the small patchwork of lochans and on up the slopes of Ben Alligin, with its great sweeping perpendicular gullies and towering conical summits, and then on towards one of Beinn Eighe’s summits, peeping over a nearby ridge. For this view alone the whole was worthwhile.
Such a pity then that this bothy, in such a splendid situation, is barred to the outdoor community. Although one part has always been used by the estate for the exclusive use of shooting and fishing parties, one small section used to be kept open for walkers, it is so sad that this is no longer the case. Doubtless we are all being punished for the mindless actions of a few in damaging the bothy in the past. Surely there must be some way to solve this problem. Many estates work well with the outdoor community and share their facilities with little or no difficulties due in no small part to the efforts of the Mountain Bothies Association (MBA). Why is it different with this estate? The heritage of these wild places belongs to all of us and such a fine bothy should be accessible even if at limited times.
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