Hi Guys, long time no post

After 6 months of my 8 year old pestering me about walking Cader and 
sleeping over on the top I finally relented a couple of weeks ago and we had 
a really great time and he's dead keen now on doing other walks that have 
bothy type accommodation en-route. To be honest what did it was the weather 
and then the biggest ever inversion at 0500.  So if you know of any routes 
that have one night accommodation  such as the priest hole cave, the bothy 
on the top of Cader, (the rescue hut on the top of Ben is out of the 
question for a while) and you are willing to share these with the group I'd 
really appreciate it.

If I can get him into climbing as well then I'm blown in !

Thanks

Steve

In message <VQrfk.717$wb5.298@newsfe29.ams2>, Steve Ray 
 writes
>Hi Guys, long time no post
>
>After 6 months of my 8 year old pestering me about walking Cader and
>sleeping over on the top I finally relented a couple of weeks ago and we had
>a really great time and he's dead keen now on doing other walks that have
>bothy type accommodation en-route. To be honest what did it was the weather
>and then the biggest ever inversion at 0500.  So if you know of any routes
>that have one night accommodation  such as the priest hole cave, the bothy
>on the top of Cader, (the rescue hut on the top of Ben is out of the
>question for a while) and you are willing to share these with the group I'd
>really appreciate it.
>
>If I can get him into climbing as well then I'm blown in !
>
>Thanks
>
>Steve
>
>
Try looking at:

http://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/

They don't actually tell you where they are, if you are not a paid up 
member - although there are a few clues. However, in the picture gallery 
you get all the names and then with something like Memory Map you can do 
a search.

If you are stuck for getting to Scotland there are not all that many. I 
like the one on Cross Fell.

The last one I stayed in was reached by canoe on Loch Glencoul - a magic 
place to watch the sunset.
-- 
Martin Richardson
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Steve Ray"  wrote in message 
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> Hi Guys, long time no post
>
> After 6 months of my 8 year old pestering me about walking Cader and 
> sleeping over on the top I finally relented a couple of weeks ago and we 
> had a really great time and he's dead keen now on doing other walks that 
> have bothy type accommodation en-route. To be honest what did it was the 
> weather and then the biggest ever inversion at 0500.  So if you know of 
> any routes that have one night accommodation  such as the priest hole 
> cave, the bothy on the top of Cader, (the rescue hut on the top of Ben is 
> out of the question for a while) and you are willing to share these with 
> the group I'd really appreciate it.
>
> If I can get him into climbing as well then I'm blown in !
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
>

Foel Grach in the Carneddau is similar to the Cadair Idris shelter.

They're much, much more basic than an MBA bothy though. I've stayed in paid 
accommodation that's been more basic than some of the MBA bothies!

Like Martin says in another post, you can visit the MBA website and work out 
where they are. There's a superb one in Eryri itself, but i'm not going to 
tell on a public forum! The MBA does some good work looking after these 
bothies, and membership of the organisation helps them maintain this high 
standard (the same price as one night in a YH).

T Dave R
(MBA member)