Likewise....I backpacked TGOC several times, and unless it was hammering down with rain and gale force winds, I preferred to camp outside bothies. Too much snoring from both ends, plus mice, for my liking. Glas Allt Shiel, Shielin of Mark and Callater Stable were often en route to Tarfside.
In my mid teens my parents dropped me off at the Rannoch School of Adv for a week on a winter skills course...probably late 60s or very early 70s. We walked in to the Ben Alder bothy, and had to spend a night high on the slopes in our own freshly dug snow holes. I remember an old gentleman of the road overwintering in that bothy.
Thanks for reminding me.
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