both•y

Pronunciation: (both'ē, bô'thē)
—n.,
—pl. both•ies. Scot.
A hut or small cottage usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge.

cul•ture

Pronunciation: (kul'chur)
—n., v., -tured, -tur•ing.
—n.
The totality of socially transmitted behaviour patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.

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The definitive guide to bothying has always been Mountain Days & Bothy Nights (by Dave Brown and Ian R. Mitchell). Written over twenty years ago, the book is in many ways timeless despite it being a nostalgic recollection of 1960s mountain tales.

It is time, however, for a new bothy book to be written.

Bothy Culture (named after the innovative album by the late Martyn Bennett) is a work in progress and explores the etiquette, culture and adventure of regularly getting off the grid in a bid to make one's life extraordinary.