I love Peanmeanach, it is a really beautiful spot, and is only a short-ish walk from the road. You park up just after Lochailort (heading to Mallaig). There is a reasonable parking area and the path starts from there. You should find a wee sign saying Peanmeanach 3 miles or something. It is a fairly long 3 miles - took us an hour and a half or maybe 2 hours.
The bothy is a really decent one, with an upstairs and all. There is also a locked room, which I think might contain full en-suite facilities and a power shower!
I actually think I might be a bit of a fusspot with the whole bothying experience, but I really like this one. It is great fun spending hours getting a fire going and cooking your dinner on it. Then thanks to some truly scary ghost stories, I ended up being too scared to go outside to pee (it was dark!... and the wind was howling in the trees). Great stuff.
The bothy is near the shore and there are some beautiful beaches if you walk along the coast a bit. See the pic of beautiful beach. Nice. Of course, if you don't fancy roughing it quite so much, use our accomodation search to find your perfect place to stay. - Aelish

posted by ocuk @ 10:20 AM