Bothy Rubbish

[Fishtales]

What difference would that make Fred. They would still be surrounded by rubbish and people would just break in. The cottage near Gairloch that is no longer available was broken into and they reckon it was NATO troops on exercise in the area that did it and they left it in a mess. A lot of the younger ones who go into the hills now aren't as respectful of other peoples property or there surroundings as the more mature ones who have been doing it for years.

[Wildfisher]

What difference would that make Fred.

Probably not much Sandy, as you say there are too many  Scots  who are all "rights" and no responsibility.  If I was a landowner who had this kind of problem I'd have the place demolished  to remove the focal point. Yes there would be much short term girning, but once it's gone it's gone and it would soon be forgotten as many already have been.

[Tyro]

It wasn't always a problem. I can remember going into bothies in the late sixties early seventies and there would be no litter. There would be firewood left, a sensible write up in the logbook about routes done and weather suffered etc. Tinned food often left and sometimes welcomed. In about '74 I walked across Scotland East to West using bothies including  Stonaig (sp) and saw little mess. There was little publicity about the bothies and an illicit A4 list of bothies going around was eagerly sought for. Shortly after this mess started to appear, often left by army cadets. Then log books began to be graffitied or used as loo paper. Any Amber liquid left in bottles became piss not Highland Park! It was just another sigh of the increasing degradation of British society so obvious today.

Len

[Wildfisher]

There was little publicity about the bothies and an illicit A4 list of bothies going around was eagerly sought for. Shortly after this mess started to appear

I may still have that somewhere! Point is though it was not easy to get hold of the info. By publishing photos and map locations on the internet  it just makes it easy and sadly it will attract  louts.

[SoldierPmr]

I may still have that somewhere! Point is though it was not easy to get hold of the info. By publishing photos and map locations on the internet  it just makes it easy and sadly it will attract  louts.

Sadly Fred I think things will only get worse from now on in I've seen many young parents from my generation who know f all respect f all and don't give a f in general and this is just getting passed on also this continuing population boom does not help.