Do you want to milk a cow, build a bothy, or plant a forest? Be an archaeologist, a poet, a weaver? Come outdoors and get stuck in to shieling life with us.
The Shieling Project is an off-grid learning centre based in Glen Strathfarrar, near Beauly in the Highlands of Scotland. The project is all about outdoor living – from looking after our livestock to making real buildings, from weaving baskets to making burgers from the meat we have raised here. The tradition of the shieling where folk lived outdoors all summer herding the cattle, gives us a window onto the past, but also helps us look forward to a sustainable future.
We are having a launch event for our brand new bothies! Come and visit on Friday 22nd June (10am-12noon) or Saturday 23rd June (10.30am-3pm). See the new accommodation, meet some of the people who the bothies are dedictaed to, and who inspired our project, and celebrate an important milestone with us. Please get in touch to let us know you’re coming.
Am bu toigh leat bò a’ bhleoghainn, bothan a’ thogail neo coille a chur as ùr? Am bu toigh leat a’ bhith ‘nad arc-eòlaiche, ‘nad bhàrd, no ‘nad breabadair? Thig a-mach dhan àrainneachd agus feuch dòigh beatha na h-àirigh còmhla rinn!
’S e ionad ionnsachaidh neo-eisimeileach a th’ ann am Pròiseact na h-Àirigh, a chaidh a’ stèidheachadh taobh a-muigh siostaman dealain is goireasan phoblach àbhaisteach. Ionnsachaidh sibh mu dheidhinn a’ bhith beò a-muigh – a’ togail bhothain, a’ dèanamh bhasgaidean, neo a’ còcaireachd bhurgairean bho fheòil ar sprèidh fhèin. Bidh sinn a’ toirt sùil air ais chun an àm nuair a bhiodh daoine agus am beathaichean a gluasad gach Samhradh suas chun na h-Àirighean. Tro ionnsachadh seann chleachdaidhean a bh’ aca, gheibh sinn sealladh air mar as urrainn dhuinne a bhith beò ann an saoghal seasmhach san latha againn fhèin agus ‘s an àm ri thighinn.
They were simple huts lived in during the warmer months by families taking their cattle away up into the hills for summer grazing.
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The ancient Highland shielings inspiring 21st Century living: Thanks to @alicampsie75 for this article @scot_heritage #shielinglife https://t.co/AhTz9vGI1n
The ancient Highland shielings inspiring 21st Century living: Thanks to @alicampsie75 for this article @scot_heritage #shielinglife https://t.co/AhTz9vGI1n
— The Shieling Project (@shielingproject) August 4, 2018
Sad to say goodbye to our amazing DofE gold residentialists... Epic work on our byre roof this week! #DofEgold #buildityourself https://t.co/vpYMcsdvUX
Sad to say goodbye to our amazing DofE gold residentialists... Epic work on our byre roof this week! #DofEgold #buildityourself pic.twitter.com/vpYMcsdvUX
— The Shieling Project (@shielingproject) August 3, 2018
Welcome to the world little Bunnahabhain our Shetland cross Aberdeen Angus heifer... Isla did such a wonderful job, raise your glasses! https://t.co/gJtWBfmVBg
Welcome to the world little Bunnahabhain our Shetland cross Aberdeen Angus heifer... Isla did such a wonderful job, raise your glasses! pic.twitter.com/gJtWBfmVBg
— The Shieling Project (@shielingproject) July 30, 2018
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Photos by the Shieling Project, Mhairi Baird, George Logan and David Powell