Victorian visitors had shooting lodges – Scots had trips doon the watter.Norwegian citizens had hytte – Scots had Butlins.Why have the inhabitants of one of Europe’s prime tourist destinations been elbowed off the land and exiled from nature for so long?Lesley Riddoch relives her own bothy experience, rediscovers lost hutting communities, travels through hytte-covered Norway and suggests that thousands of humble woodland huts would give Scots a vital post-covid connection with nature and affordable, low-impact holidays in their own beautiful land – at last.
About the Author
LESLEY RIDDOCH is an award-winning broadcaster, writer and journalist. She writes weekly columns for The Scotsman and Sunday Post and is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Newsnight Scotland, Scotland Tonight and Any Questions. She is founder and Director of Nordic Horizons, a policy group that brings Nordic experts to the Scottish Parliament.Lesley presented You and Yours on BBC Radio 4, The Midnight Hour on bbc2 and The People’s Parliament and Powerhouse on Channel 4. She founded the Scottish feminist magazine Harpies and Quines, won two Sony awards for her daily Radio Scotland show and edited The Scotswoman – a 1995 edition of The Scots man written and edited by its female staff. She now lives in Fife.