This Mountain Bothy Doesn't Exist... 

The item you couldn't identify is a waffle iron, you use it to make waffles and toasties. My dad and his group of friends have been maintaining this bothy for years (not sure how long for but I'm 42 and its been at least as long as that).

I could watch a bothy vlog every day! Loved this little gem. Thanks.

How sad it is to have to worry about whether or not one should disclose a location. The fear of vandalism is quite high and I can appreciate that. You have been here in nz and know that we don't have that problem, and that there is a high level of trust. Let's hope that,that bothy remains untouched by vandalism. Enjoyed the video. ATB Cheers from the mountains of nz. 😊

Nice to get a glimpse of the dog. I imagine he or she appreciated the Bothy to. Exciting vlog. I could tell this bothy did it for. Vintage inside. Mark

It blows air into the fire to keep it started and going. Old Owl 🦉 Alaya.

Jaffle iron, two slices of bread with whatever filling you want, pop it in the fire to make toasties.

Nice place! Thanks for exploring it.

Well done you found the bothy and I am glad I found this channel! I would defo sleep in bothy.

The sheep attacking your tent was quite funny - glad they didn't damage it though. 🤗

Great video mate , great camp too , a bothy makes the world of difference and one as nice as that is something else again !!

Another great video!

I was hoping for much harder rain. I didn't think you enjoyed it enough. Cheers. 🤣🤣

I wish we had bothies like that around here. Any place people can publicly rest over from my experience get run down and unpleasant VERY quickly =/ Love your soundscape of your camp setup :) Okay the sheep drama was entertaining, haha What a soft morning... makes me want to return to the UK for another visit. Like, now.

Nice one Rhys

This mountain hut is private and the estate owners do close it for time to time because of vandalism and the ranger patrols it’s few times daily. Just for info? Enjoy

Great video Rhys, thanks for this. 👌 I wasn't aware of this bothy and it took me a while to locate after watching your video. Very will hidden! I'll go check this out, looks superb.

With your info in the vid it took 5 minutes to find on google earth 👍 Cheers mate

Bougwah mummy's boy..the tent is a top class tent.

What that cooking utensil is for is making grilled cheese sandwiches. Specifically it made “ Flying Saucers “ grilled cheese. You stick your sandwich in, close it and it cuts off the crust and makes it round. Then stick it in the fire or over any burner and you’ve got your flying Saucer 🛸 Grilled Cheese !!! 😋👍🏻

It's a bellow which puffs out air for the fire, you put kindle and wood or coal and you light fire and bellow blows air and helps start the fire,

That's actually a nice tent ⛺ 👌

Great video Rhys as always my friend. I love that bothy, it feels like another world in that area. But I don't know what maps you're looking at cos that bothy is on my map. 😁 Out of interest, did you approach from the north following the burn?

Parabéns pelo vídeo

Interesting, I didn't realize there were hidden bothies (bothys?). It looks like quite a nicely kitted out bothy too, maybe due to the secrecy?

They don't miss things they just don't put some things on the map to encourage breaking the law i.e. wild camping plus people suck and would trash it if they knew it was there

There is a reason for the Bothy not being on OS maps, and that is because OS maps perposely miss out certain objects now again, just to stop other map makes copying.

It hasn't been added because 100s in Scotland, one in beacon near Hereford, and now Urs in England and Wales don't have many either, these bothy are not holiday let's, they are for the survival of wild campers and workmen, just in case ur tent blows away, u have to climb and walk for miles to reach. Advisable to collect wood on way because many bothy have fireplace but not many trees around. Have a safe journey God bless ❤️

Cross fell bothy is on OS maps.

There's bothys scattered all over that ain't on OS maps, just none come close to being picturesque or remote as the shepherd's hut, its getting to many plugs on RU-vid lately though.

This bothy is marked on 1:25000 scale OS maps, although it isn't labelled.

Awesome video, my friend! Great mountain camp! Enjoyed watching, your skills are really good! And the surrounding nature is amazing. Cheers from Russia, Rhys, and welcome to my channel about special bushcraft tips and hacks! Kind regards, Yuriy!

Maybe not a bothy. Could be privately owned. Too nice a condition to be used by general public

Think they are bellows for starting the fire . Nice video thanks !

Please keep Shepherd Hut a secret mate, its too small for too many knowing about it and a long walk to the next closest bothy.

hi rhys I've lived near there for 23 years i only heard about this couple days ago we spent hours looking at maps for this then we spotted it so were going to take look at weekend do a little video & i will also keep it a secret

Duhh!

thanks for not giving its location 👍 we prefer to keep it under wraps as non mba cheers

Looks like bellows to get the fire going!!

Hi 😊How to get there? To that bothy

Fans the fire

Had a sheep rip flysheet to shreds with its horns. Reason was, there was veg inside.😢

Marked for death poor things

So you found it then!

Overcooked noodles

The idea if you haven’t learnt yet is not to give away locations. You’ve good as told everyone now so the ‘Special place’ has now gone forever. Well done😡

It makes toast bread 🍞