Scotland - Pitlochry

 I’ve been to Pitlochry twice before but only for very short times. I thought both times that it was a very pretty town so it was high on my list of things to see while I was in Perth Scotland cat sitting.

I had a great time there with Val, who is a good friend of Tina, my cat sitting hostess.

Pitlochry has a very pretty High Street.

Val and I browsed the shops where I got a very fun mouse doorstop                 

And two very Scottish Christmas ornaments

             

We had a nice lunch at The Old Mill where we sat right behind the waterwheel.

Took a walk to see the Pitlochry Dam and Fish Ladder on the Tummel River and got great views of the river and the changing Fall foliage. Unfortunately we weren't there at the right time to see any salmon jumping up the fish ladder 

 And we finished up our visit to Pitlochry at the Festival Theatre, a very impressive theatre. It was surprising that the lobby which had the box office, café and gift shop is open six days a week even when they do have a show playing. https://pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/

Val and I were really lucky with the weather. It was all grey when we left Perth but the sky cleared into blue with clouds. We got misted on a bit a couple of times but no actual rain. 

Here's some more info on Pitlochry:

Pitlochry is in Highland Perthshire in the Perth and Kinross council area, just south of the Cairngorms National Park.

What does Pitlochry mean? The native Gaelic speakers tells us the local gaelic is Pit Lochraidh, (where lochraidh means cattle). So it originally meant 'Cattle Settlement'. Pit is generally agreed to indicate a connection with the Picts.

How do you pronounce Pitlochry? It is "Pit-loch-ree" - very straight forward.

The town's Victorian Scottish Baronial architecture is particularly popular with the visitors. Scottish Baronial architecture originates in the sixteenth century and was revived in the nineteenth century. The buildings feature conical roofs & corbelled turrets - the corbels supporting the turret are roll-moulded and gables are often crow-stepped. So, you will see many tourists photographing the main street.

Pitlochry is best known for the dam and fish ladder, two distilleries (didn’t visit those) and the Festival Theatre, which is one of the best theatres in Scotland, if not Britain, best known for its rolling repertoire of 6 or 7 summer plays and many other performances throughout the year.

You can learn more about Pitlochry at https://pitlochry-scotland.co.uk/