Bothan Beag Geal

05/04/2024

A great day out for a close up coastal view!!

Wildlife boat tours in the Hebrides.

04/04/2024

Nice day out, chance to purchase locally made goods and souvenirs. Handmade Harris - Craft Market

28/03/2024

ELECTRIC CARS - There is a charging point just one mile from the Bothy up at the Community Centre car park in Balallan - please use this as I DO NOT ALLOW THE USE OF EXTENSION CABLES FOR CHARGING CARS. My insurance company have backed me up in this and I have it written into my terms and conditions for my Short Term Let Licence - see folder in the Bothy to confirm this. People who say I'm being unreasonable, stop for a 5 minute coffee, and ask yourself would I be arriving at the Bothy with cans of Petrol if you had a Petrol Car? Hmmm no!! On checking there is also a charging point back down the road at the wee car park next to the Scaladale Centre. Just above that there is the most beautiful walk with fantastic views, where better to charge the car and have a nice wander while that's happening? :)

28/03/2024

Feels like ages since I last posted here!! It was a long winter, and it's still feeling cold in late March :/. Easter is upon us and my first guests arrive next week, i have a few spaces left for the summer season, but May is already fully booked and June only has a few couple of spaces. July has a 4 day space on 15th 16th 17th and 18th also 28,29,30 and 31st. Please feel free to contact me directly to enquire. the Bothy is on air b n b too, but direct contact with myself will work out cheaper for you - and me :)
Here's looking forward to a lovely summer, and a smooth running ferry system ;)

10/05/2023

https://www.wildharris.co.uk/

Guided wildlife walks, sea kayaking, mountain biking, snorkelling and wild camping on the Isle of Harris

18/04/2023

Really important to know if you're unfamiliar with the term..

Machair is one of Scotland’s most remarkable living landscapes, where people manage the land in a way that encourages wildlife.

A Gaelic word meaning fertile, low-lying grassy plain, ‘machair’ refers to a unique habitat that is one of the rarest in Europe; only occurring on the exposed west-facing shores of Scotland and Ireland.

Please don't drive on these precious landscapes, keep them clean and preserved so that nature can thrive!

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18/04/2023

If you're interested in seeing the islands from a different perspective 😁

03/04/2023

Season underway, guests from Holland, France, NZ, Canada, Germany etc etc... It's a busy season ahead, multi national😁. Great to know the Western Isles is so appealing to people from all around the world. All the photographers who have stayed have been delighted with the central location for ease in exploring.

Here's an image looking across to Ceapabhal and Scarista, showing the lazy beds that crofters worked to grow food, hauling seaweed up the hill to fertilise the land. Strong, hardy people🙂.

Image by
taken from the top of
Bolabhal.

08/03/2023

Thank you Kara for the pictures of the Bothy in the snow and sunshine 🙏🙂

06/03/2023

Hurray!! One mile from the bothy, downhill all the way home🤗. The name of the Hotel has changed, I'll try to get a link to it, but the location of course is still the same, one mile, downhill all the way back to the Bothy :)

01/11/2022

So, that's the last of the 2022 bookings for the moment, I would like to thank everyone who booked and stayed at the Little White Bothy, if you are recommending the Bothy to anyone, please ask that they book direct where at all possible, although I'm on Air BNB both of us (host and client) get hit with huge fees which isn't the best, and doesn't reflect well on us the hosts. Unfortunately I've had no option other than to increase costs for 2023 as the electricity prices are going through the roof, I didn't do this all through the season but it's not feasible to continue like that.

Bookings do remain open throughout the winter months, weather and ferries both factor into your consideration for such a trip. Some of the most beautiful light, especially for photographers, is in January, crisp deep skies whether you're a fair weather photographer or a dark moody contrasty skies photographer, January will provide both ;)

Thank you all again.

04/10/2022

https://www.freetobook.com/review/sLGB5aU5/bothan-beag-geal

This link will allow you to leave a review about the Bothy