Category Archives: Carbeth

Revisiting Carbeth

Posted on April 24, 2016 by

I’m not going to mince my words here. The Carbeth site north of Glasgow is the flagship of hutting in the UK. It’s long established (since the 1920s), large (98 acres, 143 huts in 2013), and owned by the hutters … Continue reading →

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Root plates

Posted on April 20, 2016 by

I really love root plates. They’re the disc of earth, stones, and roots that you often see when a big tree falls over. They reveal something otherwise hidden: a snapshot of what was going on a bit underground, directly under … Continue reading →

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Carbeth videos

Posted on July 14, 2015 by

The Carbeth hutting site north of Glasgow is probably the most prominent hutting or plotland site and is often referred to in media coverage, both mainstream and independent. I’ve collected some of the YouTube videos about Carbeth that I’ve come … Continue reading →

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Hut, cabins, chalets, or sheds?

Posted on June 1, 2015 by

One of the features of this whole subject is the number of names there are for very similar types of buildings. Last week I visited the beach bungalows in Braystones (blog and pictures coming next week) and so added a … Continue reading →

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Land Reform vs Planning vs Hutting

Posted on May 27, 2015 by

There’s been a lot in the news recently about Land Reform in Scotland, and many people involved in the hutting movement have been supporting this and connecting the two issues. In particular Donald McPhillimy wrote a blog post imagining sitting … Continue reading →

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Scottish Hutters Rally

Posted on July 25, 2014 by

I went to the Scottish Hutters Rally earlier this month, organised as part of Reforesting Scotland’s “Thousand Huts” campaign. They’ve now posted a report about the day which gives a flavour of the enthusiasm that was in the air at … Continue reading →

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