Feral Living

With persecutions of our people becoming so virulent and widespread, there may come a time when you will be moved on endlessly. It's imperative that you know how to look after yourself, because the methodology is to traumatize you incrementally into catatonic states of disociation, inflicting suffering via voiding you from being able to look after yourself. Learn to live next to nature, and nature will heal as your ancestors arrive to console and walk with you.

Introduction

There are many reasons why people live feral, but for the majority, living feral means being chased down into displacement. Harassment can be religious, financial, marital, work, etc. Whilst benefit is attained from seclusion, within reverence of prevail elements of nature, I don't believe that balancing precariously on the edge of civilization for years on end is a choice anybody would consensually make without being displaced by the disposition of entrenched circumstance.

“People dwell in the wilderness for two - three days, maximum a week or two, those who live feral for years have or are encountering some serious societal problems; they are usually white and male. Be humane towards them, they have probably been put through more dispairity than you'll know.”

Below is knowledge gained from my experience of living feral, I've not included everything I know, but I have included that which would have saved me a lot of trouble to have known. Living outside is about preserving common sense, about wrapping yourself up warm, so you don't make mistakes from poor judgements, arising from being cold, tired and more than often hungry. Danger arises from so many situations, and places; hindsight gain from other people's stories prevents needless suffering.

Well-being

Well-being is physical, mental and spiritual. Recite self-preservation to advert becoming susceptible to false charity (vinegar sponge tactics), be mindful of the opened fist of egalitarian socialism that'll attempt to slap you inconsolable from trust.

“Are you poor and needy… have you lived too well… want some open fist socialism… false charity slap you inconsolable from trust… whilst interloping… disinheriting and collectivising to interlope you're every sanctity?”.

Keep away from soup kitchens, day centres, handouts etc, you don't want to be receiving their offers of humble pie unless facing a life and death situation. Living with odour is nothing to suffering filth they spitefully yearn to subject you to.

Bad health will force you indoors and at worst will incur other / additional problems. It is really important you look after yourself, independence is paramount. Whilst being ill will get you sympathy, it will attract all the wrong people and could land you into a destructive hand to mouth relationship. It is really important to you keep up appearance, and eneavour to meet and interact with people "on the level".

Inventory

I spent years acquiring good equipment from bad, so skip disappointment and read some advice, this could save you a lot of bother when personalizing this check list to meet your requirements. Common sense is required when purchasing items from the list below, for example, you don't want a day / night glow fluorescent tent if you are wild camping. I'd rather have a white tent in a snowy, icy region and display an orange silk flag should I want to be found.

It's important not to haul overbearing kit.
A spare pair of clean clothes is essential.

Try not to cut corners by going to cheap camping shops such as Trespass and Mountain Warehouse. This "outdoor" clothing appears the same, but more than often has poor heat retention and will soak up huge amounts of water rather than repel. I recommend local specialist mountain / camping shops that are not chain stores rather than Cotswold, Go Outdoors, Blacks and Millets. If, like me, you are walking over 60,000 steps a day you'll need hard wearing kit that will not fail when you most need it to work for you.

Today, within most camping and hiking shops, there is something for every eventuality. There is so much camping equipment that is really unnecessary, an easy life is not what the great outdoors is about and if you think this way, sooner or later the elements will get the better of you. To be tough and hardy when embracing fortitude, I roamed the United Kingdom for years with only a blanket! Keep your equipment safe, do not turn your back on your bag unless you are sure you are alone; your life will be harder if you loose or if your equipment stolen.

Bothies

A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge. Bothies are found in remote mountainous areas of Scotland, Northern England, Ulster and Wales. They are particularly common in the Scottish Highlands, but related buildings can be found around the world (for example, in the Nordic countries there are wilderness huts).

Nant Syddion Bothy, Wales. Bothy was erie and profoundly creepy, I arrived at sunset, entering I found ten Steven King horror books on the window shelf, the building creaked as the wood burner fired up, paranoia came from unsettled edging of defined moment. In 1856 the Hughes family, lived there, and on February 17th they had quadruplets but two of the babies Margaret and Catherine died on the day they were born, then Elizabeth died on the 21st and Isaac died on the 22nd. If that was not tragic enough on March 1st their 5-year-old son Hugh died, on the 6th the father Isaac died and then on the 10th 3-year-old Hannah the last child died. The cause of their death is not recorded, but it has been suggested it was due to a smallpox epidemic.

Some local folks in the Highlands view bothies as houses of sin, bothies on the Isle of Lewis and other places have previously been torn down, dismantled brick by brick for being used as illegal drinking dens. Sometimes, it is best not to make it known to locals that you are using them.

Bothies have a common sense approach to conduct:

Most bothies are ruined buildings which have been restored to a basic standard, providing a windproof and watertight shelter. They vary in size from little more than a large box up to two-storey cottages. They usually have designated sleeping areas, which commonly are either an upstairs room or a raised platform, thus allowing one to keep clear of cold air and draughts at floor height. Most have a fireplace and are near a natural source of water. A spade may be provided to bury waste. Because they are freely available to all, the continued existence of bothies relies on users helping look after them.

Here is a list of bothies and where to find them, I don't believe the list to be complete. I heard there are one or two secret bothies from unsubstantiated rumour that are not disclosed to the public. The grid reference numbers (Lat/ Long) are linked to Open Street Map, this website is not responsible for, nor can edit content served from the Open Street Map website. There are many mobile phone navigation apps, a popular app is View Ranger, now called Outdoor active, but there are others where for a subscription you can access and download more detailed Ordinance Survey maps.

Name District / Region Grid ref Lat/ Long Accommodates Elevation Photograph
Ben Alder Cottage Rannoch, Central Highlands NN499680
56.779°N 4.459°W
4 373 m (1,224 ft) Ben Alder
Blackburn of Corrieyairack Monadhliath, Central Highlands NH382029
57.088°N 4.672°W
0+ 8 floor 344 m (1,129 ft) Culachy
Glenbuck Monadhliath, Central Highlands NN336996
57.057°N 4.746°W
Several 283 m (928 ft) Aberchalder
Lairig Leacach Lochaber, Central Highlands NN282738
56.823°N 4.816°W
8 467 m (1,532 ft) Killiechonate and Mamores
Loch Chiarain Lochaber, Central Highlands NN289634
56.731°N 4.798°W
1+ large attic 370 m (1,214 ft) Killiechonate and Mamores
Luib Chonnal Monadhliath, Central Highlands NN394936
57.006°N 4.646°W
0+ attic 331 m (1,086 ft) Braeroy
Meanach Lochaber, Central Highlands NN266685
56.775°N 4.839°W
3 345 m (1,132 ft) Killiechonate and Mamores
Staoineag Lochaber, Central Highlands NN296678
56.771°N 4.791°W
Several 293 m (961 ft) Killiechonate and Mamores

Name District / Region Grid ref Lat/ Long Accommodates Elevation Photograph
Allt Scheicheachan Badenoch, Eastern Highlands NN835737
56.840°N 3.912°W
2+ attic 487 m (1,598 ft) Atholl
Callater Stable Mounth, Eastern Highlands NO178845
56.944°N 3.353°W
8 514 m (1,686 ft) Invercauld
Charr Mounth, Eastern Highlands NO616831
56.938°N 2.633°W
3 264 m (866 ft) Glendye
Corrour Cairngorms, Eastern Highlands NN981958
57.042°N 3.681°W
4 564 m (1,850 ft) Mar Lodge (NTS)
Faindouran Cairngorms, Eastern Highlands NJ082062
57.137°N 3.519°W
2+ attic 603 m (1,978 ft) Inchrory
Fords of Avon Refuge Hut Cairngorms, Eastern Highlands NJ042032
57.110°N 3.584°W
0 689 m (2,260 ft) Abernethy (RSPB}
Garbh Choire Refuge hut Cairngorms, Eastern Highlands NN959986
57.067°N 3.718°W
0 710 m (2,329 ft) Mar Lodge (NTS)
Gelder Shiel Stable Mounth, Eastern Highlands NO258900
56.995°N 3.224°W
6 444 m (1,457 ft) Balmoral
Glas Allt Shiel Bothy Loch Muick, Eastern Highlands NO276824
56.927°N 3.191°W
6 in attic 400 m (1,312 ft) Balmoral Estate
Hutchison Memorial Hut Cairngorms, Eastern Highlands NO023998
57.078°N 3.613°W
2+ 4 floor 747 m (2,451 ft) Mar Lodge (NTS)
Ruigh Aiteachain Cairngorms, Eastern Highlands NN847928
57.012°N 3.900°W
10+ attic 389 m (1,276 ft) Glenfeshie
Ruighe Ealasaid Cairngorms, Eastern Highlands NO003869
56.962°N 3.643°W
Unknown 439 m (1,440 ft) Mar Lodge
Ryvoan Cairngorms, Eastern Highlands NJ006115
57.184°N 3.646°W
4 394 m (1,293 ft) Abernethy (RSPB)
Shielin of Mark Mounth, Eastern Highlands NO337827
56.930°N 3.092°W
2 644 m (2,113 ft) Dalhousie
Tarf Hotel (Feith Uaine) Badenoch, Eastern Highlands NN927789
56.889°N 3.763°W
7 566 m (1,857 ft) Atholl

Name District / Region Grid ref Lat/ Long Accommodates Elevation Photograph
Bearnais Wester Ross, North West Highlands NH021431
57.434°N 5.298°W
2 279 m (915 ft) Attadale
Camasunary Skye, North West Highlands NG517183
57.190°N 6.112°W
16 5 m (16 ft) Camasunary
Camban Kintail, North West Highlands NH053184
57.214°N 5.225°W
Several 279 m (915 ft) West Affric (NTS)
Coire Fionnaraich Wester Ross, North West Highlands NG950480
57.476°N 5.421°W
Several 180 m (591 ft) Fionnaraich
Craig Wester Ross, North West Highlands NG774639
57.610°N 5.727°W
Several 83 m (272 ft) SYHA
Easan Dorcha Wester Ross, North West Highlands NH012526
57.519°N 5.323°W
0 215 m (705 ft) Coulin
Lookout Skye, North West Highlands NG412763
57.701°N 6.344°W
3+ 4 on the floor 82 m (269 ft) MBA
Maol Bhuidhe Wester Ross, North West Highlands NH053360
57.372°N 5.241°W
many in attic 261 m (856 ft) Killilan
Ollisdal Skye, North West Highlands NG213394
57.360°N 6.636°W
Limited 89 m (292 ft) Glendale
Taigh Thormoid Dhuibh Skye, North West Highlands NG612524
57.499°N 5.988°W
6 15 m (49 ft) Raasay
Uags Applecross, North West Highlands NG723351
57.349°N 5.787°W
1 + attic 23 m (75 ft) Applecross
Uisinis Outer Hebrides, North West Highlands NF849332
57.280°N 7.231°W
4 24 m (79 ft) South Uist

Name District / Region Grid ref Lat/ Long Accommodates Elevation Photograph
A' Chuil Lochaber, Western Highlands NM944924
56.977°N 5.384°W
7 137 m (449 ft) Glendessary
Dibidil Rùm, Western Highlands NM393928
56.952°N 6.289°W
6 29 m (95 ft) Scottish Natural Heritage
Gleann Dubh-lighe Lochaber, Western Highlands NM945820
56.884°N 5.375°W
2+ 128 m (420 ft) Fassfern
Glenpean Lochaber, Western Highlands NM936904
56.958°N 5.396°W
2+ large attic 106 m (348 ft) Glendessary
Guirdil Rùm, Western Highlands NG320014
57.025°N 6.418°W
4+ 21 m (69 ft) Scottish Natural Heritage
Invermallie Lochaber, Western Highlands NN136888
56.953°N 5.067°W
4+ large attic 45 m (148 ft) Locheil
Kinbreack Lochaber, Western Highlands NN002961
57.013°N 5.292°W
0+ attic 182 m (597 ft) Locheil
Oban Lochaber, Western Highlands NM863901
56.952°N 5.515°W
Many 11 m (36 ft) Meoble
Sourlies Lochaber, Western Highlands NM868951
56.997°N 5.513°W
8 24 m (79 ft) Camusrory
Suardalan Lochaber, Western Highlands NG883173
57.197°N 5.506°W
9 113 m (371 ft) Glenelg Grazing

Name District / Region Grid ref Lat/ Long Accommodates Elevation Photograph
Abyssinia Loch Lomond, Southwest Highlands NN256117
56.266°N 4.818°W
8 250 m (820 ft) Strone
Cadderlie North Argyll, Southwest Highlands NN047370
56.486°N 5.175°W
4 14 m (46 ft) Loch Etive
Carron Knapdale, Southwest Highlands NR944996
56.145°N 5.311°W
2+ floor 188 m (617 ft) Ederline
Cruib Jura, Southwest Highlands NR567829
55.977°N 5.902°W
5 2 m (7 ft) Rantallaine
Doune Byre Loch Lomond, Southwest Highlands NN332144
56.293°N 4.696°W
4 71 m (233 ft) Glenfalloch
Essan Wester Ross, Southwest Highlands NM817817
56.875°N 5.584°W
12 34 m (112 ft) Inverailort
Glengarrisdale Jura, Southwest Highlands NR644970
56.107°N 5.790°W
4 7 m (23 ft) Ardlussa
Leacraithnaich Ardgour, Southwest Highlands NM742472
56.562°N 5.676°W
4 148 m (486 ft) Ardtornish
Mark Cottage Loch Lomond, Southwest Highlands NS229952
56.116°N 4.849°W
6 9 m (30 ft) Forestry Commission
Resourie Ardgour, Southwest Highlands NM861710
56.781°N 5.502°W
10 139 m (456 ft) Glenhurich Forest
Rowchoish Loch Lomond, Southwest Highlands NN336043
56.202°N 4.684°W
12 41 m (135 ft) East Lomond Forest
Glen Duror Lochaber, Southwest Highlands NN022539
56.635°N 5.227°W
4 203 m (666 ft) Lorne Forest
Tomsleibhe Mull, Southwest Highlands NM617372
56.466°N 5.869°W
10 94 m (308 ft) Glen Forsa

Name District / Region Grid ref Lat/ Long Accommodates Elevation Photograph
Achnanclach Sutherland, Northern Highlands NC630511
58.427°N 4.346°W
Several 148 m (486 ft) Syre
Coiremor Ross-shire, Northern Highlands NH305888
57.857°N 4.858°W
Several 318 m (1,043 ft) Corriemulzie
Croft House, Lochstrathy Sutherland, Northern Highlands NC793490
58.412°N 4.067°W
Several 160 m (525 ft) Strathy South
Glencoul Sutherland, Northern Highlands NC270303
58.228°N 4.947°W
4 11 m (36 ft) Reay Forest
Glendhu Sutherland, Northern Highlands NC283337
58.259°N 4.928°W
Upstairs 25 m (82 ft) Reay Forest
Kearvaig Sutherland, Northern Highlands NC292727
58.609°N 4.941°W
2+ attic 9 m (30 ft) Cape Wrath MOD
Knockdamph Sutherland, Northern Highlands NH285953
57.915°N 4.895°W
Several 233 m (764 ft) East Rhidorroch
Schoolhouse, Duag Bridge Sutherland, Northern Highlands NH340975
57.935°N 4.805°W
5 99 m (325 ft) Corriemulzie
Shenavall Wester Ross, Northern Highlands NH066810
57.777°N 5.254°W
Several 128 m (420 ft) Gruinard
Strabeg Sutherland, Northern Highlands NC391518
58.425°N 4.756°W
Several 35 m (115 ft) Eriboll
Strathan Sutherland, Northern Highlands NC247612
58.503°N 5.010°W
2+ 62 m (203 ft) Keoldale
Strathchailleach Sutherland, Northern Highlands NC249658
58.545°N 5.010°W
2 95 m (312 ft) Keoldale
Suileag Sutherland, Northern Highlands NC149212
58.140°N 5.145°W
8 137 m (449 ft) Glencanisp

Name District / Region Grid ref Lat/ Long Accommodates Elevation Photograph
Brattleburn Lowther Hills, Southern Scotland NT016069
55.346°N 3.554°W
2+ Attic 275 m (902 ft)
Burlywhag Lowther Hills, Southern Scotland NS971001
55.284°N 3.622°W
2 360 m (1,181 ft) Queensberry
Clennoch Galloway, Southern Scotland NS603002
55.276°N 4.201°W
6 416 m (1,365 ft) Moorbrock
Dryfehead Dumfriesshire, Southern Scotland NY170999
55.286°N 3.308°W
6 310 m (1,017 ft) Tilhill Forestry
Gameshope Dumfriesshire, Southern Scotland NT135185
55.453°N 3.371°W
8 419 m (1,375 ft) Borders Forest
Greensykes Dumfriesshire, Southern Scotland NT312000
55.290°N 3.084°W
8 268 m (879 ft) Greensykes
Kettleton Byre Lowther Hills, Southern Scotland NS912021
55.301°N 3.716°W
4 356 m (1,168 ft) Queensberry
Leysburnfoot Liddesdale, Southern Scotland NY536976
55.272°N 2.732°W
250 m (820 ft)
Over Phawhope Dumfriesshire, Southern Scotland NT183082
55.361°N 3.293°W
8 395 m (1,296 ft)
Tunskeen Galloway, Southern Scotland NX425906
55.184°N 4.476°W
6 324 m (1,063 ft) Galloway Forest
White Laggan Galloway, Southern Scotland NX466775
55.068°N 4.403°W
6 264 m (866 ft) Galloway Forest

Name District / Region Grid ref Lat/ Long Accommodates Elevation Photograph
Cross Fell (Greg's Hut) North Pennines, Northern England NY690355
54.713°N 2.481°W
6-10 690 m (2,264 ft)
Dubs Hut Lake District, Northern England NY209134
54.510°N 3.223°W
480 m (1,575 ft)
Flittingford Kielder, Northern England NY754886
55.192°N 2.387°W
4 281 m (922 ft) Forest Enterprise England
Great Lingy Hut Lake District, Northern England NY312337
54.694°N 3.068°W
3-4 600 m (1,969 ft) Lake District National Park
Green Kielder, Northern England NY740786
55.101°N 2.409°W
272 m (892 ft)
Haughtongreen Kielder, Northern England NY788713
55.035°N 2.333°W
248 m (814 ft)
Kershopehead North Pennines, Borders NY544863
55.169°N 2.717°W
2 + 10 floor 248 m (814 ft)
Mosedale Cottage Lake District, Northern England NY495095
54.478°N 2.781°W
12+ Floor 450 m (1,476 ft)
Roughside Kielder, Northern England NY745833
55.143°N 2.401°W
220 m (722 ft)
Spithope Cheviots, Northern England NT769057
55.344°N 2.367°W
340 m (1,115 ft)
Wainhope Kielder, Northern England NY671925
55.226°N 2.519°W
270 m (886 ft)
Warnscale Head Lake District, Northern England NY206132
54.508°N 3.228°W
0 460 m (1,509 ft)

Name District / Region Grid ref Lat/ Long Accommodates Elevation Photograph
Arenig Fawr Snowdonia, Wales SH851380
52.929°N 3.712°W
3 400 m (1,312 ft) Welsh Water
Cae Amos Snowdonia, Wales SH517454
52.986°N 4.211°W
216 m (709 ft)
Dulyn Snowdonia, Wales SH705664
53.179°N 3.939°W
0 + 10 floor 510 m (1,673 ft)
Grwyne Fawr Black Mountains, Wales SO225312
51.974°N 3.129°W
4 552 m (1,811 ft)
Lluest Cwm Bach Cambrian Mountains, Wales SN900705
52.321°N 3.614°W
6-7 350 m (1,148 ft) Elan Valley Trust
Moel Prysgau Cambrian Mountains, Wales SN806611
52.235°N 3.750°W
378 m (1,240 ft) Natural Resources Wales
Nant Rhys Cambrian Mountains, Wales SN836792
52.399°N 3.711°W
466 m (1,529 ft)
Nant Syddion Cambrian Mountains, Wales SN773791
52.396°N 3.804°W
18+ 310 m (1,017 ft) Forest Enterprise Ceredigion Area
Penrhos Isaf Snowdonia, Wales SH737238
52.798°N 3.874°W
169 m (554 ft)
Bothies I have visited, some on two or three different ocasssions.

From my own experiences of bothies (I stayed in many both in England, Wales and Scotland, on multiple occasions) most people who use them are loners who enjoy extremities of solitude. Groups also use them, from men wanting to have a lad's night, to medics wishing to get away from the sterile environment of hospitals. Bothy users can and often do appreciate being out and about in the wildness for a variety of different reasons. Some are drug users using the remoteness of bothies to party illegally, others arrive with noisy motocross vehicles. For example: some people enjoy dominating and subordinating nature, whilst others are humbled and take sanctuary from being in awe of it.

Examine your own predicament and expectations, rationalize your approach when walking into an occupied bothy, observe reception and align demeanour accordingly.

Bothy users are normally sharing, although they can be condescending, especially if you have arrived ill equip. Most bothy users, both male and female, from my own experience have been respectful of gender. Nobody, unless it is a dire emergency (freezing to death) should be resting beside you on a platform, when floor space is available, first come, first served is a common rule acknowledged by most, if you arrived first and are settled in, they should move around you when settling in to accommodating themselves. Self-centred groups of bothy users arriving to party will view your want of solitude as a hindrance, sit fast in your space, you have every right to be there.

Achnanclach, by Loch Loyal, near Tongue, Sutherland, North Highlands, Scotland said no to the "spaceport". It is good to keep your senses roused when in remote environments. I often visited bothies accompanied by a bottle of single malt whiskey, and Gaelic folk music played through a battery powered Bluetooth speaker, having me own wee Cèilidh!
I stayed for one day and two nights, this bothy did not have a bad vibe other than creepy old metal framed beds into the other room, but the isolation outside spooked me.

Bothies are typically dedicated to their previous inhabitants, some information maybe displayed about this. There are no religious or ethnic stipulations on the use of bothies; historically, tired and weary souls have been the most welcomed.

Be mindful about previous activity both inside and surrounding the bothy. For example bothy users going to the toilet, most will go out with a spade, and usually not far from the building to dig and bury their excrement. Do not draw water from this area, flowing or not, always use the rule of leaving the vicinity to draw water from upstream, not just for drinking but also to wash cooking utensils etc; you don't want to be coming in contact with Hepatitis A/B and C isn't it? Not to mention Ecoli, and all the other aliment's sewage carries. I've arrived in bothies to find plastic bottles of pysh everywhere, and even excrement sprayed up the walls (Wainhope Bothy, Kielder).

Strabeg, Creag na Faoilinn, west of An Lean-Charn, North Highlands, Scotland. Accessing and departing from this bothy demanded I wade my way up to my waist through a freezing cold, fast flowing river, infirm ground sunk me to my knees at times, swallowing my boots into icey mud. Accessing bothies can be challenging, often involving burn jumping etc.
Strabeg, from the North and the river I had to cross twice, once during the night, the other in the morning. The river flowed fast and was deeper than it appeared, tempreture was not that cold because water was flowing but when I got onto the otherside I soon began to freeze up, so drying quickly was essential to avoid frost bite.

Burning fence posts is a common complaint against bothy users, I've never heard of a complaint of poaching, but that does not mean this does not happen! At Callater Stable bothy there was no wood burner, being so close to Braemar creeping mist from the loch pierced coldness into bone.

The majority of bothies are maintained by the Mountain Bothy Association, they make regular visits to these bothies to renovate and check on the upkeep, ensuring there is a standard of quality to the bare minium comfort a bothy provides. Police visit bothies looking for escaped criminals or missing people, bothies usually have an allocated police officer who will deal with any problems of legality that may very rarely be incurred from staying inside a bothy. Estate mangers will typically leave the bothies alone, unless they suspect you being detrimental to the estate, or if there is estate activities involving conservation of wildlife happening.

Ryvoan Bothy, Cairngorms, East Highlands, Scotland. This bothy was situated yards away from the popular walker's route of the Ryvoan Way, my stay until after dark was frequently disturbed by walkers wanting to have a look inside. The bothy seemed to be themed around the poetry of a previous occupant, and had a British railway mirror hanging on the wall, which I thought odd.

A local police office stationed around and about the Galloway forest once told me he'd been called out to a rave party consisting of more than two thousand revellers! I once arrived at Tunskeen Bothy to find an off duty paramedic tripped off his head on LSD.

You should always have an alternative in mind when planning to stay at a bothy, most bothies have surrounding areas where you can safely pitch a tent for the night. People come and go from bothies all the time, if you cannot access a bothy one night, the next you might be able to, also sometimes there is another bothy within walking distance. I think everybody feels vulnerable when staying at a bothy, but if you feel unsafe, leaving the bothy is almost always the best option, especially if the social situation continues to deteriorate without any sense of amicable resolve. Some bothies suffer from fuel scarcity, I recommend bringing charcoal, rather than coal, as it is much lighter to carry!

Allt Sheicheachan Bothy, Cairngorms, East Highlands, Scotland. This bothy was a seven-mile trek from Blair Atholl, through the grounds of Blair Castle, ascending North West following a wide established footpath. The burner, when stoked up, did little to penetrate the cold, the bothy had one ground floor room and an attic accessible from another door outside.

Whilst our ancestors were most definitely racist, in every sense, there are malevolent spirits trapped inside bothies. At Horton Green I was visited by a malevolent spirit of a wife beater, who disliked my presence enough to rattle whatever he could, against the calmness of the weather during the night. Other bothies can be sweetness and light, such as an old school converted into a bothy near Loch Loyal, up near Tongue, Sutherland.

The extent of isolation, the remoteness of bothies, can play tricks upon the mind. I've heard of a woman being so detached by the angst of society that she starved to death inside a bothy, fringe mentalities, disaffected by life, do exist in and about these places. I myself have experienced delusion from such isolation as the brain makes stuff up to compensate from lack of stimulation, insanity dwells upon the wild fringes of civilization.

Hutchinson's Memorial hut is a welcoming sight located at the base of Scotland's second-highest mountain, Ben MacDui. The isolation is intense in this area during the winter months, and hard core ramblers I have seen here at this time of year are visibly shaken by it. There is a legend of a grey man that follows ramblers to the summit of Mac Dui, although I've never seen him.

Psychotic, "look twice, three times" episodes have been a significant occurrence whilst isolated to extremity. Innocent movements of nature can often cause disturbance, especially if you are hypervigilance about your safety, both inside and outside the bothy. Take comfort foods with you, and light a candle rather than an electric lamp / torch, remember to both nurture and rekindle your soul.

Invermallie Bothy next to Loch Arkaig, to access this you'll walk past the lifeless and somewhat spooky clan house of Cameron; but might enjoy some beautiful waterfalls along the way. I was joined on my walk there by a guy working with the MBA. The bothy was busy, five members occupied my room, and another six in the other room; however they left me with a large bag of coal!

Although bothies can be squalid and idiot ridden, and at the best of times, cold, sparse and empty, they provided me with basic shelter far away from anti-White abuses I endured for almost over a decade. The far reaches were mostly influence free whenever bothy users came.

Inside Invermallie Bothy. Bothies can be warm, friendly and civil places; it is important to enjoy yourself whilst staying in them. I recommend staying no longer than three days in a bothy at anyone time, weather permitting.

Once they place you upon the altar of multiculturalism they'll endeavour to see you sacrificed worthless, estranged from every worth your ancestors struggled for you to inherit, you'll be demonized, alienated and dispossessed from every sanctity you've ever known. It is imperative that you attempt reconnection with your ancestral spirit through extremity endured by them, raised into successive generations, reached out, at length unto us.

Wild Camping

Legality

Camping on open land, regardless of ownership, is legal in a few countries, including Sweden and Scotland. In Sweden, a right of public access – allowing outdoor recreational activity on privately held wilderness – is enshrined in the constitution. In Scotland, people may camp on most unenclosed land, whether state- or privately owned. There is however a 'leave-no-trace' policy and a common-law outdoor-access code.

Safety

The British country is safe, there are no dangerous animals, whilst venomous spiders and one species of snake will make you ill, they are generally not life-threatening, however, other people, as innocent as they appear have the potential to kill you.

Wild camping, my tent pitched at Scorhill Stone Circle, Dartmoor.

The most important aspect of wild camping is for people not to know you are or have been wild camping. This mostly for safety, if psychopaths know you've been there once, they be waiting to ill fate you upon your return. You could also be preyed upon by predators, who could want just to spook your night, or worse rob, rape or murder you. So it is imperative that we leave locations as how we found them, not just for our personal safety, but for the sake of the environment.

Do not pitch near places frequented by people, or within locations known for wild camping, if you notice a previous "dirty" wild camp be mindful this could expose you to danger, you could be blamed for it.

Never tell anybody you are wild camping other than those close to you who should know about your safety. When you're isolated and alone, it's easy to over talk, maybe be overly friendly, especially in sociable places such as pubs, etc, where they maybe predators that will exploit your situation (hot shower, washing clothes, bed etc), if they offer after a few drinks the danger will rise tenfold, but your awareness will be diminished. Publicans have status, but as with taxi drivers they are informants, be mindful sharing information with them.

Remember when you are asleep you could not be more vulnerable, by placing yourself alone, out in the open you are trusting your surroundings, so make them safe by preserving privacy. If you are keeping an online blog about your travels, life, always publish entries 3-7 days after the events you're writing about. Be mindful about being predictable, for example if you are walking the Ridgeway, you'll want to publish the journey all at once to avoid predators being able to predict where you are going to be.

Don't buddy up with other people, ramblers, walkers, etc, especially if they initially approach you from a different direction to where you are heading. Stalkers don't just follow from behind, they also follow from being in front. They may be wanting to walk with you for an opportunity to steal your kit, or worst abuse you, people have assorts of reasons for being alone. Be not too worried about seeing car headlights, although you might feel exposed the driver will be focusing on what's ahead within the road, rather than searching into the distance for something or somebody they won't know is there, chances are they would not be interested in you anyway.

Stealth

You must likely be thinking about pitching every evening at dusk. During these hours, shadow and silhouette are more evident, and through the night under a visible full moon. Peoples perceptions are heightened during the night, most people could be shocked by becoming aware of your presence, their mind is likely to race, imagining assorts of possibilities, chances are they could be more frightened than you, as through experience you'll probably know the outdoor environment better than them.

If you are pitching a tent in a woodland, come at least fifty yards away from the footpath. Think perimeter, using brambles, bracken, hawthorn trees to protect you, it is always best to find a protected area than to create one. Don't be spooked out by noises, you are taking sanctity in nature, living with, as with nature, if you are harmonizing with your environment animals that are not a threat will accept your presence as relevant. Don't be frightened of undergrowth, but always be mindfully aware of wherever you step.

I really enjoy a good open fire, when I am cold and tired I find the heat replenishing, but I recommend not lighting an open fire unless survival depends on it. Most of the time a fire such as this will act as a beacon, people will know where you are for miles around unless you are covered by dense woodland, I'd avoid it. Even if you are elevated above sight, people can still make out a glow, remembering shadow and silhouette. If you do have an open fire, use dry wood, you don't want to be creating lots of smoke.

Be safe and remain unseen, think Shadow and Silhouette / Camoflarge and Concealment.

It is much better to dig a fire pit if the ground is not too hard, failing that clear fallen leaves back, disperse ash (cold) and recover the area before you go. If the water table is height, place rocks in the groundwater and light your fire on top of that. Only burn wood that you plan to use, burn't wood will reveal that you have been there; this is not an absolute priority, but something to bear in mind. Burn all used toilet roll rather than bury it, leave no rubbish behind and brush or slide tracks when leaving the location.

If you are found nine times out of ten, you'll be rung into the police. If officers come be responsive and civil, don't try to hide or pause for time in your tent, unzip your tent wide. Let them know how long you are staying in the area, most likely 1-2 days, and you intend to pitch down and move your presence at dawn; they will not usually ask you to move if it is already dark, and you are reasonably safe. It is always best not to talk too much, just tell them what they need to know, keep answers vague about where you have been / where you are going, authorities have the worst capability for committing most horrendous abuses, because they are shielded with positions of trust.

If you are found, evaluate your situation, it's much better to speak with who find you, if approached it is best to assess them as a potential threat but not advisable to follow or approach them as strangers; stay on the side of minding your own business. If you believe yourself to be at risk, it is much better to pack up and pitch somewhere else rather than readying defence for a possible attack; get a good sleep at a different locality rather than no sleep where you are; once you are triggered, hypervigilance will elaborate the smallest disturbance as an unsubstantiated provocation.

Shelters

Bivouac

Bivouac (French deriving from an 18th-century Swiss German usage of Beiwacht, bei by, Wacht watch or patrol) refers to a shelter constructed of natural materials like a structure of branches to form a frame, which is then covered with leaves, ferns, and similar material for waterproofing and duff (leaf litter) for insulation.

Bivouac, I stumbled upon this walking through a copse in Dartmoor.

Single-sided designs allow easy access and allow the heat of a fire into the shelters, while full roofed designs have much better heat retention. As a general rule, the roof should be at least a foot thick and opaque to block sunlight. These shelters, simple as they are, take time to erect, so used if you plan to stay a few days.

A bivouac sack is a smaller type of bivouac shelter. Generally it is a portable, lightweight, waterproof shelter, and an alternative to larger bivouac shelters. The main benefit of a bivouac sack shelter is speed of setup and ability to use in a tiny space, as compared to tent-like shelters. A bivouac sack is therefore a common choice for those camping in tight areas.

Long Distance Footpaths

If like me, you have suffered endlessly walking around urban areas due to anxiety why not take it to the countryside, and see, venture into beautiful places, embrace a healing ascetic that has for thousands of years been revered by our ancient ancestors.

Sunset over the River Severn Estuary from Leckhampton Hillfort, Cotswold Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK. I lived in Monpellier area of Cheltenham in 1994, walked my dog around Lechampton Hillfort regularly. Historically the area was quarried for limestone, thereafter unprofitable lime kilns and a dram way was errected.

National Trails in:

Name Length Region End Point One End Point Two Description
Cleveland Way 110 mile / 177km North Yorkshire, England Helmsley Filey Brigg Runs around the edge of the North York Moors National Park in a horseshoe configuration.
Cotswold Way 102 mile / 164km The Cotswolds, Central England Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire Bath, Somerset Runs along the Cotswold Edge escarpment of the Cotswold Hills.
England Coast Path 2,795 mile / 4,500km England Will cover the entire coast of England and will be the longest managed and waymarked coastal path in the world.
Glyndŵr's Way 135 mile /217km Powys, mid Wales Knighton Welshpool Runs in an extended loop.
Hadrian's Wall Path 84 mile / 135km England: Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, Cumbria Wallsend, Tyne and Wear Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria Runs from the east to west coast along the remains of Hadrian's Wall.
North Downs Way 153 mile / 246km South Eastern England Farnham, Surrey Dover, Kent Passes through the areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) of the Surrey Hills and Kent Downs.
Offa's Dyke Path 177 mile / 285km Wales–England border Sedbury, Gloucestershire Prestatyn, Denbighshire Follows close to the border near the remnants of Offa's Dyke.
Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path 97 mile / 156km England in Suffolk and Norfolk Knettishall Heath, Knettishall, Suffolk Cromer, Norfolk The two paths join at Holme-next-the-Sea.
Pembrokeshire Coast Path 186 mile / 299km Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales Poppit Sands, near St Dogmaels Amroth Has a total of 35,000 feet (11,000 m) of ascent and descent and lies almost completely within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
Pennine Bridleway 205 mile /330km Pennines, Northern England Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire Ravenstonedale, Cumbria Runs roughly parallel to the Pennine Way.
Pennine Way 267 miles / 430km Pennines, Northern England and Southern Scotland Edale, Derbyshire Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders Spans the length of the Pennines, according to the Ramblers, "one of Britain's best known and toughest" trails.
The Ridgeway 87 mile /140km Berkshire Downs, Southern England Overton Hill, near Avebury, Wiltshire Ivinghoe Beacon, Buckinghamshire Ancient trackway on a chalk ridge described as Britain's oldest road.
South Downs Way 100 mile / 161km South Downs in Southern England Winchester, Hampshire Eastbourne, East Sussex Within the South Downs National Park.
South West Coast Path 630 mile / 1,014km England: Somerset, Devon, Cornwall & Dorset Minehead, Somerset Poole Harbour, Dorset Originated as a route for the Coastguard to walk from lighthouse to lighthouse patrolling for smugglers.
Thames Path 184 mile / 296km Southern England Kemble, Gloucestershire Thames Barrier, Charlton Follows the River Thames from its source to the Thames Barrier in London.
Yorkshire Wolds Way 79 mile / 127km Yorkshire, England Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire Filey, North Yorkshire Runs around the Yorkshire Wolds.

Name Length Region End Point One End Point Two Description
Annandale Way 55 mile / 89km Solway Coast, Dumfries and Galloway Moffat Annan Follows the valley of the River Annan from its source in the Moffat Hills to the sea in the Solway Firth.
Arran Coastal Way 66 mile / 107km Isle of Arran Circular route around the coastline of the Isle of Arran.
Ayrshire Coastal Path 100 mile / 161km Ayrshire Glenapp, Ballantrae Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire Runs alongside the coast and forms part of the International Appalachian Trail.
Berwickshire Coastal Path 28 mile / 45km Scottish Borders and Northern England Cockburnspath, Scottish Borders Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland Coastal path spanning the Anglo-Scottish border.
Borders Abbeys Way 68 mile / 109km Scottish Borders Circular route in the Borders passing through the ruins of many abbeys: Kelso – Jedburgh – Hawick – Selkirk – Melrose.
Cateran Trail 64 mile / 103km Perth and Kinross and Angus Blairgowrie and Rattray Circular route covering many conditions such as farmland, mountains and forest: Blairgowrie – Kirkmichael – Spittal of Glenshee – Alyth.
Clyde Walkway 40 miles / 64km South Lanarkshire Glasgow New Lanark Runs close to the River Clyde for most of its length.
Cowal Way 57 miles / 92km Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute Portavadie Inveruglas on Loch Lomond Connects with the West Highland Way.
Cross Borders Drove Road 52 miles / 84km Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders Little Vantage Hawick One of the newest trails based on existing routes.
Dava Way 24 miles / 39km Moray Grantown-on-Spey Forres Follows the route of the former Highland Railway which closed in 1965.
Fife Coastal Path 117 miles / 188km Fife Kincardine Newburgh When opened it originally ran from North Queensferry to Tayport, but was later extended.
Formartine and Buchan Way 53 miles / 85km Aberdeenshire Dyce, near Aberdeen Fraserburgh and Peterhead Follows the track of the former railway line the Formartine and Buchan Railway which closed in 1970.
National footpaths I have walked, all of them in segments, not consequently.

I have so far (at the time of writing this) walked Offa's Dyke Path, North and South Downs Way, Cotswold Way, Pennine Way and The Ridgeway as well as various sections of England's Coastal Path including, Devon, Cornwall, Yorkshire, Dorset, Norfolk and Pembrokeshire. I have probably walked upon sections of most long distance paths, such as the Southern Uplands Way, but rarely completely these paths from start to finish, for example I completed the Ridgeway footpath in three segments.

I lived in Llanstadwell during 2017 and explored Pembrokeshire coastline, including Shrumbles Head, Pembrokeshire

“When I became displaced on the streets of London, trauma induced anxieties prevailed, endlessly walking me through every depravity in every district within the city. Until one day I though why do this? Why not use this kinetic energy to see and explore beautiful places; reconnect with the spirit of ancestors that dwells about the awe-inspiring aesthetic of our homeland.”.

There are collections of hills and successions of mountains to climb, such as the legendary Caer Idris, Snowdonia in Wales. The absolutely beautiful Cheviots along Scotland's borders, and in England the Malvern hills, the Black Mountains and the Lake and Peak Districts as well as Dartmoor and the Yorkshire dales. Our homeland is truly beautiful, in every defined natural aspect, from the round rolling feminine hillsides, to the craggy edge of the masculine mountain edge, here, this, the land is us. Sole of foot to soul of people; steadfast.

“Have no time nor day for those not even will to walk part of the way, never to stay means never to be, to see as we have always been seen, to see, endless projection returned unto the bold, brave face of thee.”.

From these adventures of utter loneliness, I came to believe in myself, as the land, in the formation of who I am. It is those who refuse to walk, live and exist with us, to walk, in part along our life journey who sacrifice themselves, not us, because our land knows every one of us, through legacy, succession after succession, placed and displaced, we've always been here, generation after generation of our regeneration.

Mountains

Between 2016 and 2020 I climbed many mountains both in England, Wales and in Scotland. A sense of accomplishment is essential to well-being, especially when facing all-out disinheritance; because you just need to remind yourself that your inherent worth is always with you through honouring your ancestors that bestowed that worth to pass on to your people, through nurturing succession. Because this is stolen from us, we can turn to natures embrace within ascetic of our ancestral homeland.

Descending Ben Macdui from the east is a truly awesome experience.

Never lie down and die, especially if you are being cast out as an opportunity mule, by haters who believe you should be fleeced hapless until you are disinherited worthless, deprived of every sanctity but refuse to scratch at nothing to plead for anything.

Hills

It's not always about how high you can climb up a mountain, hill sides can be nurturing, the subtle curvature of a long slope can be nurturing, there is a time for gentleness in life and for me, hillside walking has that. The Malvern Hills (Grid ref Lat/ Long: 52.1226°N 2.3432°W) are made from some of the oldest rock in England (around 680 million years old) and extend some 8 miles (13 km) through two West Midlands counties Worcestershire and Herefordshire as well as northern Gloucestershire in the southwest. The highest point of the hills is the Worcestershire Beacon at 425 m (1,394 ft) above sea level.

Malvern Hills facing North
Malvern Hills facing South

The Malverns hold significance for me as I walked these hills with my father as a child. More recently, at least forty years later I arrived at the Malverns and commenced my ramble north from Midsummer hill on the dawn of Summer Solistice 2019. At the summit of Midsummer hill there is a public shetler that gives some basic shelter from the rain, and there is also a cave located a mile or two to the north. I was stalked relentlessly, disturbing me, I cannot explain what it is like to have such sanctities raped, and it was the memory of my deceased father (died of brain cancer in 2013) they disturbed the most. But the panoramic view of the sunrise rising from the East was awesome expanse.

Malvern Hills Solistice Sunrise 2019

North of Hadrian's Wall and the Tyne Valley, the land rises to form the Cheviot Hills (Grid ref Lat/ Long: 55.478°N 2.152°W), which extend into Scotland and could probably be considered part of either the Southern Uplands or the northern Pennines. They are included in Northumberland National Park, along with Kielder Water and the Kielder Forest. These hills are beautiful with aesthetic that touches my heart in some many ways, I have few photos surviving, and the ones that exist don't really do the hillside justice.

Qauntox Hills facing East Sat, 19:18, 07 September 2019
Qauntox Hills facing West Sat, 19:18, 07 September 2019

The Quantock Hills (Grid ref Lat/ Long: 51°08′39″N 3°13′59″W) west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England, consist of heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands and agricultural land. They were England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, designated in 1956. The Quantock Hills west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England, consist of heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands and agricultural land. They were England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, designated in 1956. The hills run from the Vale of Taunton Deane in the south, for about 15 miles (24 km) to the north-west, ending at Kilve and West Quantoxhead on the coast of the Bristol Channel.

Museums

These places are heavily scrutinized by socialism because they are places with much to do of our ancestors, so although risky, are beneficial places to visit, but know you are being observed. This is one of the places disinheriting cranks will decimate you to prevent you from rekindling your ancestral spirit.

Dial 911: “Hell O, yesUHA, every freedom our ancestors strived and died for was betrayed”. Rhayader, Wales 2017

Most people believe curators are there to watch over exhibits, but this is true only in part. They also oversee how you react to exhibits or artefacts, to witness if you make any connection with them. You could be cursed by a visit which could have tribulations launched against you, bearing in mind I have never known a visit materialize any good fortune.

The least risky museums are those same ones located to a town or village, national park you may visit. Museums to avoid are the Tate Britain, National Portrait Gallery and the British Museum (where Karl Marx written his manifesto, compiled from the wrongful goings-on in the workhouses, and the artificial scarcity that created them.).