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 ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🥃

11/03/2026

Nothing like replying to reviews from lovely people to remind me why I do it 😍

It's a tough time of year for small operators and this year it's added to by global craziness!

Reading these reviews gets me buzzing for the season.

Thank you to all our amazing customers and suppliers.

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

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 ❤️❤️❤️