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Bothy and Drystone: Kat Hill and Kristie De Garis
- Tickets
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£8.96
- Dates and times
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Thursday 13th Nov 2025
6:00pm
- Age
- Under 14s should be accompanied by an adult
- Venue
✍ Nature, Non-Fiction, Memoir
Poet and playwright Hannah Lavery chats with two authors about how the great outdoors can stir something great within us.
Historian Kat Hill explores the past and present of wild shelters and her fellow wanderers in Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter. A bothy is a remote hut in the wilderness that you can’t reserve, with no electricity, mod-cons, or running water. The doors are always unlocked; you just need to step inside. From the rugged cliffs at the northern tip of Scotland to the fairytale valleys of Wales, Kat takes us on a tour across the UK in this beautiful and inspiring book.
Drystone: A Life Rebuilt is the unflinchingly honest and unexpectedly funny memoir of Kristie De Garis. After years spent running from places, people and parts of herself, Kristie moved to rural Scotland in search of peace. Instead, she was forced to confront everything she had tried to escape. Then, in the land around her – and in the slow, stubborn craft of drystone walling – she began to see a different life. One that was quiet, deliberate, and, most importantly, her own.
📚Click here to purchase Bothy and click here to purchase Drystone from Waterstones
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