A night in Lluest Cwm Bach Bothy | Elan Valley

Hi ryan great video as always im the maintenance organiser for this bothy and would just like to say thanks for doing this meams a lot i have been there and done the same many of times and breaks my heart good to see you made use of the new table we built a few months ago if you ever fancy helpimg out with some maintenance work on a bothy in wales give me a shout you would be welcomed all food is provided once again thank you

If only everyone treated bothy's like you. Thanks for sharing

Well done for doing your best. I wouldn't have touched it especially for risk of infection. Just set it out the house and set it ablaze with fire. Pure filth what some ppl would do. They could have took it out ans burnt it to ash. Sorry you had to endure that, but hope your enjoyed yourself. You seem a decent guy. I've hiked alone in Northumberland once as a young black female it was soo fantastic and the ppl of Scotland and Wales are exceptionally kind. (Been to Wales a few times too, stunning) Beautiful people and beautiful place. Felt safe all the way through and ppl genuinely looking out for you.

Very respectful, horrible what some will do. Love your dog! He is a charmer. Hello from Canada, ex pat here. Diolch

Fantastic video ,unfortunately it is our problem to tidy up after people, there are things that we all draw a line at, and I would have done the same,really nice to see the respect you gave 👍

Class content, im a fellow aberdare boy and just found your channel. Looking forward to watching more videos. Ive visited this bothy and its amazing. Gonna try and head back there this summer 👌

Great video! And respect to you for leaving it in better condition than when you arrive. I can’t understand the mentality of some people!!

From West Chester, Oh - another one of your Subscribers from the US suggested your fantastic channel. Thank you for caring for the Bothy. Thank you for letting us enjoy Toby with you ❤🐕

Oh bless your heart, i love the way you look after your dog, and you respected the Bothy, when others don't, yes good to leave a gift for other travellers, and you cleaned up afterwards, great video cant wait to see some more.....

Well done cleaning up other people's mess ,your a great example 👍

Ryan, I thought being in a bothy would be like staying in a 5 star hotel for you and Toby after your usual adventures! However, even there, you worked hard clearing up other people’s junk.👿What a legend you are. Regards to you and Toby.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

You restore my faith in humanity, thank you.

Love this play Ry, great video 👍🏻

Good boy Toby 😘

Just found your channel, fantastic videos I'll binge watch a few later while on my own camp 😀
These videos are a 2 edge sword, It's great to see like minded people looking after the outdoors and treating it with respect and these shelters also, a proper community attitude.
But they also attracts those few that have no respect for them, I see the same in my local Ennerdale people lighting fires and leaving scars, cutting down trees and leaving rubbish and even camping gear all over, I fear it will ruin it for us all one day.
Anyways you've earned another Sub and I have to say that's one very lucky pupper, sausages on every trip! 😊
ATB.

really enjoyed your dog snoring, what a legend! Cheers bud

Great vid budd! Really enjoyed

These videos are better than anything on a regular TV channel. All the best from NZ 👍👍👍

Dinner looked good, Whisky looked good and then there was cake !🍰

Good on you for cleaning the Bothy up - did the same thing at Nant Syddion recently - some of the things that people leave behind or lay down on the floor boils my blood. On my channel if interested. It was a goodun. Re-this bothy it has a lovely view across Craig Goch eh? I imagine the Devon people enjoyed it. Well, good going. Just a simple question. I've been on youtube 13 years. I wonder if you can tell me how you get nearly 700 views in less than a day for a bothy that's not a honey spot? Like many I'd love to be as fortunate. All the best. Mark

Really enjoyed this one, Ryan! Some excellent camera shots mate! Glad to see your eye for a video is as good as your eye for a photo! And the place looked immaculate after you left, fair play.

Just magical. Escaping south wales. Need people like yourself going around every bothy. And making great video's 👍 👌

Excellent bothy camp - great looking food. I would imagine the MTBer's were well jealous of the food.

I've been looking forward to seeing this ,I'm currently currently under a tarp watching this😂

Thank you for the cleaning up. Always leave it better than we find it.

Top job that man 🎖️, made the place better then you arrived 👊 great vid again👏🏼👏🏼 #strengthandhonour💪

Hi Ryan, it is my first time watching one of your videos.
I have a lot of respect for your attitude and it is a good thing that you are mentioning the good as well as people's unacceptable behaviour when they have such a privilege to stay over at a bothy but takeit for granted in such way, it is a sad state of affairs when grown ups are unable to act as such.
Ut was lovely seeing your dog included in your adventure and very heartwarming to see that there was even a special hot meal set aside for your pup.

That bothy looked immaculate when you left there mate, well done. I don't blame you not taking someone else's shit in your car. Some people shouldn't leave the care home 😂. Never done a bothy overnight but done my lunch in a couple. No pressure, but I'm now in a routine of looking forward to your weekly videos. So keep them coming 🤞

Boom. Not even 1 second in. Cute doggo. I'm in. Let's roll.

Great, really nice to see,love the scenery and your dog,👍

Love your content perfect Duo (with toby) keep the videos coming 😊

Hi Ryan, thank you for this video! Never knew it was there until this so it inspired me to go and make a video there too. We found your entry into the log book and gave the Wild about Wales channel a mention to our few subscribers. Awesome, thank you again.

Another good vid mate . Pooch enjoyed fire ..didn’t look as if he was going to move all night 😊.

What a very civilised Dinner you had there Sir 😊 That's a very good/spacious/organised Bothy too (from the few I've seen on RUclips so far. A proper toilet! Positively Glamping you are 😮😊).

Love your adventures 🤍 ooooh those meatballs looked gooood ! If them other 2 was there while I was cooking Id b like norhing 2 c here honey ! No sharezy sharezy 😁 any man that cooks his dog nice food like I do !! Is a good geezer 👍🤍❄️

What a wonderful video! You and your beautiful dog are a class act!

I reckon Toby could have edged another 2 inches closer to that fire if he wanted 😉

Top Man Well said!........You did the Bothy Good 🤘

Change is as good as a rest, Ryan ! The bothy certainly looked in a far, far better condition after you stayed👍
What is it with some that can at least clean up after themselves? Let alone leave what you discovered. Makes me wonder if there's a lower subspecies of homosapien living amongst us..... Well done again. J

What a wonderful place to visit!

Great camp❤.

From the USA- absolutely beautiful there.Thanks for sharing!

You did a cracking job cleaning it up!

Beautiful and loyal dog. Had to camp here because it was so busy. Still had a wonderful time!

Would love to see more Bothy videos!!!!

Enjoyed your vid! It's strange, isn't it, that the person that basically vandalized the bothy with human waste, actually made the effort to trek out there to do it-so one assumes that they have done it before, and will do it again-guess that's they get out the great outdoors.

Great intro! Can I also add that it's great to see collection of rainwater and a toilet you can flush with it! Everywhere with a roof can collect rainwater, it's a great idea if someone can get a barrel in (I say this because I know I can't and have respect for those that make these places good).
I really like that there is a formal toilet. I know that not everyone respects the "dig your own hole" method and I am sure that the people who lived in these places back in the day had at least a "long drop" privy with a bucket of earth. Add some ash from the fire when you go and it isn't as likely to smell bad. Solves the "messy camper" problem and it is a system that worked well for a long time. If you can make one like the one here with a flush then even better.

Chapeau to you for clearing up and the Bothy and for being as determined as you were based on the horrors left by others. I, like you, fail to understand the mentality of such behaviour.

Another greater watch, looks a lovely setting, well done with them clean up !!

A tough hike with Toby almost blown away! Must have been one helluva tough life for the Scot family living up there in the small bothy! What did they live on?
As always you are a perfect example of leaving no trace and leave places in a better state than you found it. Nice example of yours how not to chicken out but to keep the show on the road against all odds, Ryan. But you always have good food, fuel and the right spirit (of all sorts). Great video, thanks for sharing, cheers mate, Michael

I love the Elan valley and have been visiting it, from London, for the last 30 years. My two boys love it there too. We've passed this bothy from the road opposite many times and I have often wondered whether it was a private home or not. Thanks for your work.

I've liked, shared and subscribed. Really enjoying the content especially the scenery and the info.

Hey mate love your videos,im welsh too 👍🏻

Total resprct to you for how you methodically cleaned it before and after. You have good life ethics. I very much enjoy some of the videos that ive seen. All power to you.

This guy comes prepared!

really enjoyed this video. thanks for educating people as you go. keep up the good work old friend

Really enjoyed this mate and that food looked amazing. Fair play for cleaning that place up not many would do that.

Great video. You cook some of the best camping food I've seen. No instant noodles or MREs for you.

Beautiful area and really nice accommodations ( after your cleaning)! Sorry to had to handle such a mess! Overall great video !

Tobes in front of the fire ❤ What a treat he is :)

GREAT VID.Well done.

Urgh, forget my glamping tease, cleaning that mess was too much! Thanks for an interesting video, liked & subscribed 😊

I really enjoyed the video, very relaxing to watch, thank you. It was lovely to see how well you treat your dog and also how considerate you are of your surroundings. I have subscribed and look forward to checking out your other videos.

Earned a sub from me, loved the way you checked everything before letting your dog in and for cleaning up to an incredible standard. Never understand people that can carry stuff to a bothy or on a hike or to the beach etc but can't bring their rubbish back home when it's lighter. Never stayed in a bothy but there's a lot to be learned from your video.
Stayed for a long weekend in the area in an out of the way place, beautiful area, I had always called it Elan like the way you pronounced it but have heard some people referring to it as Ellen valley, wasn't quite sure which was correct .
All he best.

Thanks for sharing. I will admit I've washed a few of these since November and this is probably one of the best ones I've seen

Enjoyed this video...

Hi Ryan ,great vlog mate,👍, I been camping carvanning,moto camping since the age of 8 years old 55 now,about 15 years ago I seen an explosion in people who never camped in their lives,meeting up in massive groups getting pissed,playing load music till god knows o clock,even had a couple rock up right next to me when the field was 85% empty,😡,my point is I get out to be alone on my own enjoying my own company I do speak to people and have met some nice tidy people too,but mainly I like the solitude with a fire and the odd bottle of wine , hats off for cleaning the shit up .there is some disrespectful selfish people out there,all the best butty,👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✊KTF.

Rules are simple in Scotland. Leave it as you found it if not better and respect other people can enter

Firstly, I was going to say you eat better on nights out than I do at home - but after seeing Toby's portion I think he does too - min Ryan you spoil him rotten with the markies...I couldn't believe how many there was amongst the rest of the stuff plus that load of sausages next morning...lol 😂 I have looked over at the bothy many times but never walked over and had a look at it - it looks idylic from the other side of the res. I instantly recognised the map the gentleman (Jack) was showing you with the Teifi Pools - I have camped by the side of Llyn Egnant a few years ago with a friend - we have a video of it on the channel. I also know the bothy he was talking about. I think others should watch your video on how to leave bothies after use - well done you. Was going to ask - is it tradition for the cake to go with the whisky - it looks like coffee n walnut? atb Al

This one is on my list to do great video buddy I’ve subscribed to your channel,

The whole video is great, but I mainly wanted to comment on well you look after your dog, he's a lucky hound.

Yes those places always look a bit shady in the videos…I always think they probably smell dank or worse too…Have fun stay safe.

Brilliant! Subscribed 👍

nice video, thank you

Fantastic video hi from the west of Ireland

Another great video Ryan! 👏👏👏

A good tip, once the stove has got going close the doors, it will seem hotter with it open but that is radiant heat also will burn more fuel with doors open, any 'convection heat' what you want will go straight up the flue and will not warm the air in the room just like an open fire (Only 5% efficient) only the persons close to and in front of the fire will feel the glow heat. That is why many stoves have a glass panel door/s (not so some bod can leave it open) so you get best of both worlds, also can hold on to the fuel much longer by controlling air intake to slow runaway heat up the flue.
Gaz UK.

Loved the video. Well done on tidying the place and leaving some fire kit. How long did the walk take from the car? Gonna subscribe. I'm in builth

Fantastic video, shame about that hazardous find especially as there is a toilet attached which a lot of bothies don’t have, well done for clearing it up. That said it looked like a cracking night with good company and whisky with cake and that fire was awesome could almost feel the heat.

Aye get to Scotland. We have great bothys

Thanks for cleaning it

Your videos are fantastic ! Enjoy them immensely - well and professionally presented !

Great video, and thanks for sharing. I visit Elan Valley every year, and managed to do some astrophotography there last October.

Here on the other side of the pond, we don't have these wonderful bothies. We do have some huts provided by the AMC (usually with a staff), some shelters and some lean-to sheds, but that's about it. I envy your Bothies, but I am not so keen on people degrading them (taking a dump inside the place), rather boggles the mind. Anyways, cheers to you for keeping it as best as one can.

Great video Ryan looks marvellous and great respect also cute dog it’s a shame people have to spoil it for likes of your self and others totally disrespectful and disgusting how it was left wish you well on your next adventure.

You are the man.

Another quality video 👍. But again having to clean-up other peoples mess. I think thats why I never fancied staying in a bothy. You don't know what you are going to find and who's going to turn up. Also I like to buy Toby a collaspible bowl for his sausages, but I'm sure he don't mind as long as he has them. No wonder he likes camping 😂.ATB 😉

Cracking vid! Good to see the right thing being done when so many bogans don't. Give Toby a Cush from me.,.x

enjoyed watching

Just stumbled across your channel.
I have a Bothy near me (Cae Amos) I would like to spend a night there.

another blinder Taff/Ryan {soz just found u name out) brother . Its nice to meet new people but I can imagine you prefer your own company , missed the sonorous tones of your fine Welsh voice in this one , All the best and onwards and upwards. Many thanks

Only just discovered your channel and glad i did. I mainly wild camp in Peak District and Yorkshire Dales, always with my border collie. Loved this video although it sickens me to hear of scum leaving such rubbish behind. The same leave no trace obviously applies wherever and its these few low life that ruin it for us all.
Anyway great channel and love your welsh accent 😂.. not sure but think its south wales🤔

Great video! Hats off to you for leaving the place better than you found it!! I just don’t understand people’s mentality about just leaving their trash behind for the next person! I camp here in the States and it’s just awful what people leave behind! Absolutely no respect for the camp or the people coming in behind them! Like you, I’m hauling out more than I brought in. Give Toby a big hug for me! Love him!

Excellent to see a responsible use of a Bothy keith Boot maintance officer Grwyne Fawr PS I disposed of the Sh?? , thanks again

This was the first bothy I stayed in a couple of years back. A big party of lads turned up for a party so ended up in my tent with my the dog as not to disturb them. Did have a few of their beers mind 😂 I’ll head back this year and see if I can get to stay on it. We hiked up for the visitors centre. 👌🏻

There's a new generation who don't give a fuxck if they leave shit/mess/rubbish. That meal you did gets a 10/10

Hi ry just started watching your videos and I'm really enjoying them I'm thinking of trying stuff like this next year. Just wondering what the hike is like. I do a bit of walking around the beacons but I wouldn't mind trying this on the bike keep up the good I'm loving the videos.
And only just live just the valley from you

awsome vid just subscribed to your channell from darlington north east

Fab As ever !!!