John and Siobhan’s Bothy is an absolute sanctuary of peace and joy in an incredibly beautiful, remote and inspiringly well cared for landscape! We were made to feel so warmly welcome on arrival with a wood burner glowing and a well supplied pantry stocked up with home grown veg, delicious baked bread and cookies, herbal teas and freshly laid eggs.
The generous hospitality of our lovely hosts continued over our 5 night stay with delicious and varied breakfasts of freshly squeezed juice, eggs, home baked scones/pancakes and yummy homemade jams. Thank you once again Siobhan for baking such a delicious birthday cake, what a sweet surprise! We enjoyed it so much with our after dinner tea each evening of our stay!!
Our soulful and connecting morning chats with John were always a mutual source of fun and inspiration with wonderful and varied music filling the air of the conservatory as a welcome backdrop to great conversation! He was also very generous with guiding us to the best local walks, lucky us… thank you John!!
The Bothy was the perfect place to lay the stresses of our daily life down and just melt into our vacation. After a day out in the wild unspoiled beauty of the surrounding hills, lakes and coastlines of the stunning and wonderful Beara Peninsula we would come “home” and chill with great music from John’s tasteful CD collection, cook up a homegrown feast served on his lovingly made beautifully crafted pottery and count ourselves very very lucky and blessed to have found such a place to be!! In the quiet of our evenings we could tangibly feel the years of creativity, love and enjoyment that had infused this haven of peace…it was a welcome relief to be off-grid and in the stillness of it all!!
We left feeling sweetly nourished, mellow and inspired after a dip in the tree lined river pool at the bottom of the farm; empty of the unnecessary, stocked with a few heartfully chosen pottery acquisitions and happy and glad to have met such lovely people in such a wonderful setting… Much love and gratitude to you both for absolutely everything, it’s been so great and we really hope to return!