Bad weather forecast?

This post will explain what we do if the weather isn't good when you are booked to come to us for an experience, whether that’s for archery, fishing, or a bird of prey experience.

Finding a solution that works for you

For your booking with The Scottish Countryman, our priority is always your enjoyment and safety. We also have a duty of care for our birds of prey.

We keep a careful eye on the weather forecast for nearby Crail and the rest of Fife and, if we feel the weather is not going to offer the best experience for you (or for the birds - see below), Steve will get in touch with you to discuss it.

We typically offer the following options:

keep the day but change the time of your experience
change the experience to another day that suits you
issue a voucher for the experience so that you can use it any time within the next 12 months
issue a voucher that you can then gift to another person who can come if you can't.

In the past, we've also lent our guests waterproof coats and boots and held an indoor version of the experience when it was a once-only option. But, thankfully, that's rare and in two years at our current site we have only ever had to postpone an experience 5 times but only once not managed to reschedule it at all (for holiday makers with no time left before they returned to the USA). Not a bad record for a Scottish outdoor-activity business!

I hope this gives you more confidence about booking your experience with The Scottish Countryman.

If you planned to do archery or fishing with us, or if you had booked a bird of prey experience, but the weather is awful, then we will still try to find a solution to suit you.