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The Journey to the Lookout

by Molly Elliott (Canada)

United Kingdom

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If you drive to the northernmost road on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, you’ll pass by this sign directing you toward Rubha Hunish, home of the Lookout bothy.
If you drive to the northernmost road on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, you’ll pass by this sign directing you toward Rubha Hunish, home of the Lookout bothy.
Bothies are a network of basic shelters found in remote areas in the northern UK. They are left unlocked and free for anyone to use. The Lookout, once a coastguard station, was repurposed as a bothy in the 1970s.
Bothies are a network of basic shelters found in remote areas in the northern UK. They are left unlocked and free for anyone to use. The Lookout, once a coastguard station, was repurposed as a bothy in the 1970s.
The only way to reach the Lookout is by hiking about an hour from the main road through a hilly field. The locals will be there to greet you on your way.
The only way to reach the Lookout is by hiking about an hour from the main road through a hilly field. The locals will be there to greet you on your way.
The Lookout has no electricity, no running water, not even an outhouse. Given its distance from any stores or guest facilities, you need to come prepared to rough it.
The Lookout has no electricity, no running water, not even an outhouse. Given its distance from any stores or guest facilities, you need to come prepared to rough it.
The Lookout's isolated location atop a craggy cliff gives beautiful, meditative views of the ocean and the surrounding landscape.
The Lookout's isolated location atop a craggy cliff gives beautiful, meditative views of the ocean and the surrounding landscape.

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