Bothies & Bannocks

18/05/2026

Anyone looking to gain some valuable skills for venturing into the mountains?

You should get booked on one of these courses with our good friends at Hillgoers

Also great if your starting your journey towards mountain leader as it contributes to the entry requirements for the lowland leader training.

Still spaces available on the 6th/7th June at Braemar.

Sign up at -
https://www.hillgoers.com/mountain-skills-course-glenshee

Also earns you a 15% off at Cotswold outdoor and 25% off recommended hill skills products from the Hillgoers website 😎

Join us on a 2-day Mountain Training Scotland accredited course to give you the perfect toolkit to plan, navigate and explore our mountains safely and with confidence. We'll be based out of Glenshee in the Cainrgorms National Park and will look at everything from map and compass work and how to use

08/05/2026

Annual trip to Skye for with our good buddies!

Out of office on, kilt on soon and a couple more days of dancing 💃

Champagne & Oysters - why not 😍

Big love from Bothies & Bannocks ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

03/05/2026

The so called "quiet" season is definitely over!

Once again, I've not had time to do half the jobs I was supposed to do or post much on the socials!

Here's a quick round up the first 4 months of the year!

1. 3 weeks of snowclearing with the big boys 💪
2. Snowboarding holiday with my wife ❤️
3. Scottish snowsports, this time with nephews 🏂
4. Showing travel buyer around Aberdeenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
5. Whisky touring with mother & Daugther duo 🥃
6. Celebrating 7 years in business 🥳
7. River Shuttles for top paddle operators 🛶
8. Visit Aberdeenshire familiarisation trip 🏰
9. Showing off Scotland to great Canadians 🇨🇦
10. On the lash with my buddy in Edinburgh 🍻

If you've been following our stories you'll know how busy it's been.

Still time for some fun and family time of course 😉

Great start to the year 💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃

As always big thanks to clients, suppliers, tour operators, travel agents, outdoor guides and fellow local businesses for sharing the love ❤️

17/03/2026

A great day catching up with some of our favourite accommodation providers.

First stop, a managers meeting at Douneside House and Health Club, Royal Deeside - one of the most consistently excellent, luxury hotels in Aberdeenshire. Great to discuss new plans and catch up with the team.

Then over the hill to Donside for a yap with our pal Hazel at the very impressive, exclusive use venue Candacraig - Mostly catching up on gossip and sipping coffee - but sure it was also productive 😉

Even managed to squeeze in a looky roon the most recently completed holiday cottages at GlenKindie Estate Holiday Cottages - Lovely to catch up with Natacha and chat about what we can do for their guests.

A day of serious yapping - even by my standards !

Looking forward to working with these great people and businesses this season ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🥃

08/03/2026

Thinking about our awesome crew on this International Womens Day.

All bringing their unique skills and banter to the business.

We fully appreciate their enthusiasm to jump behind the wheel of the bothy bus!

Big love to the Bothies & Bannocks Quines ❤️❤️❤️

13/02/2026

Aboyne/Deeside folks -

Haydn's Woodfired Pizza at Aboyne Golf Club tomorrow for the rugby.

You don't have to be up watching the rugby or even a member to enjoy the pizza - takeaway on offer to the public.

Haydn's do great pizza, get along and get one 😋

This Saturday, we'll be showing both Six Nations games on the big screen with Pizza available on-site from Haydn's Woodfired Pizza.

The first match kicks off at 14:10 as Italy travel to Ireland in pursuit of another Six Nations upset. Then, kicking off at 16:40, it's the BIG ONE, the Calcutta Cup as Scotland host England at Murrayfield.

We look forward to seeing you for Rugby & Pizza!

07/02/2026

As you all know we are big on shopping local, we do our weekly food shop in the village we live in.

It involves going to 4/5 different shops each week, we get a good yap with shopkeepers and staff.

Mainly complained about the weather today 🤣 but each one thanked us for shopping with them ❤️

Check out this haul from The Paper Girls , Aboyne always got a great selection of fresh produce, much better quality and better value than the supermarket - and look, muddy carrots 🥕 😀

If you live in Aboyne or are passing through, check them out - who knows when they open but it's always before I head down first thing 🤣 they do close sharp though!

Also look at those thumpers of ribeye's from Troup's butchers !

Shop local folks, it's better for you, good fun and it's great for the local economy.

Big love to The Paper Girls ❤️ ❤️

03/02/2026

As much as we love Aberdeen airport this is bad news 😢

Airport drop off fees increased again 😩

This is what we pay, not only when we drop you off, but also each time we nip back to collect a missing bag.

Just another rising background cost to add to the pile.

2026 is going to be tough but we're gonna do it 💪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🥃

The airport has explained its reasons for the latest price hike

16/12/2025

Throwback to last months epic week with these 2 teams of hunters from all over the USA.

Without doubt one of the most fun weeks we've ever had. Probably also the toughest and most demanding 🤣

Was great having Natalie & Poppy along for the ride too.

Tough week for Natalie as she had to beast on for 17+hour days with no voice, due to paralysed vocal chord 😪 Easy week for Poppy dog 🤣

I want to say a special thanks to for the business, for organising. And all the lassies (&Bob&Franz🤣) for being such good sports, honestly some of the nicest, most fun guests we've ever had ❤️

Also big thanks to all the Castles, Distilleries, Attractions, Restaurants and Cafés that make Aberdeenshire so awesome 👌 ❤️

And for providing the base for the week!

28/11/2025

Today is the day, The Strong Water Co. are opening the Ballater shop at 10am.

If your in the area, get along and check it out.

And if your not, its about time you booked a trip to come back!

As always I'll be back working with the boys in December and you will find me either in the new shop or in Banchory.

Great to witness and be a small part of this wee business smashing it on Deeside and globally 💪

The brand has expanded after opening its first store in Banchory in 2019.