Taking an unnecessarily long route when an easier alternative was available.
Taken from the idea of someone getting lost on the way to Bolsover and driving around nearby Carr Vale nature park for several hours before finding their way.
Often Bolsover is shortened, pronounced 'Bow'ser'
Example: I justtook a 'shortcut' that was 20 minutes longer than my usual route'
'Youve been going around Carr Vale to get to Bolsover'
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.