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🗓️ 27 December 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Mark Stephen hears tales of bothying including some very special cookery
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0:00.0 | He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot. |
0:09.3 | I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II. |
0:17.6 | What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz. |
0:22.0 | Tales of deception, an incredible acts of resistance and courage. |
0:26.3 | She was a born soldier. |
0:27.4 | She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense. |
0:29.9 | The brand new series of History's secret heroes. |
0:32.8 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
0:35.6 | This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland. |
0:43.8 | Hello and thanks very much for choosing to listen to this. |
0:52.7 | I'm Mark Stephen. |
0:54.2 | If you look up a Scots dictionary, it'll tell you that a bothy is a rough hut |
0:59.0 | used by salmon fishers, shepherds, workmen and mountaineers. The Scottish hills are littered with boffies. |
1:06.8 | They tend to be pretty basic, but they're wind and waterproof, and they're free. |
1:12.0 | Anyone can use them. |
1:16.4 | For hill walkers and winter climbers, they provide shelter, somewhere to overnight, |
1:20.9 | and often are place to meet friends or strangers and socialise. |
1:26.6 | All the shelters need to be maintained, so some are adopted by volunteers, |
1:29.9 | others are cared for by members of the MBA, |
1:35.9 | the Mountain Bothys Association. I'm telling you all this, because recently I was invited to a rather unusual event, which featured a fascinating mix of folk, all of whom have spent years, |
1:41.6 | decades in some cases, using and caring for bothies. |
1:46.8 | The event organiser, and to be honest, |
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