Visit to Perth

Perth Bridge

We are making the most of this patch of lovely sunny spring weather to visit some of the local towns. In the case of Perth, it is in fact no longer a town, but was conferred with 'city status' for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on March 14, 2012.

It is a very pretty place (about an hour's drive from St Andrews) accessed by the Perth Bridge over the River Tay.

Perth City Hall

We parked the car as soon as possible after arrival in a typical UK multistorey carpark. The entry and exit ramps for the carpark are only just wide enough for a car and go around hairin bends. The parking lots are also about wide and long enough to house a 'Smart Car'. I needed to let Lloyd out before parking, and once into the spot, I had to take a deep breath to be able to squeeze my way out of the car!

As soon as we had abandoned the car we walked aoround the town and back to the river. Perth has a very attractive City Hall, but we learnt from a program about Perth shown in Melbourne recently, that there are plans to demolish this building to create a 'city square', since there is currently no such designated area.

Judi & Perth Bridge

We are particularly enjoying the fact that these towns and cities in Scotland have many independant shops and not just the chain stores that are so prevalent in the south of England. We found a lovely old-fashioned department store called McEwans that seemed to also have maintained old-fashioned service to match the goods sold. That said though, we have been delighted with the general friendliness and good service we have experienced here since arriving.