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Wild Places and Bothy Tales

Join the John Muir Trust and special guest, adventurer and writer John Burns, for an exciting afternoon celebrating wild places.

Wild Places and Bothy Tales

About Wild Places and Bothy Tales

Bothy Tales:
In a remote Highland bothy, a weary traveller finds shelter from the storm. In his rucksack he has coal for the fire, candles to ward off the darkness, and a little whisky to bring some cheer. The wanderer invites you into his world. There are stories of wild places, with near death adventures on ice wreathed cliff faces. Poems about the folk who wander high places. Tales of dark deeds in distant bothies and even a brush with royalty. There is also a little theatre, relating the struggles of working-class folk, fighting to establish their right to wander.

Come and join John, smell the woodsmoke and be transported to a world where all you have is what is packed on your back and the dreams that you follow.

15.00: doors open / drinks reception.

15.30: Talks by John Burns and JMT update by Nevis Property Manager, Ali Austin.

16.45: Opportunity for informal talk with staff and raffle*.

17.00: End.

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