To Perth All the Way on the Silvery Tay -

Water Taxis Planned for Venice of the North

 Scotland’s salmon fishermen have been interested to see new plans for a water taxi on the Tay. The scheme is part a Tay Regeneration Project master plan to make the river more accessible to the general public, just as they are across Europe. William McGonagall my old favourite called the river the “silvery Tay” and water travel was once commonplace on the river. So much have we lost!

The Future of Heritage

This summer will see the beginning of £600,000 worth of work to turn a long stretch of Scotland’s longest river into a useable waterway for water taxis and pleasure boats.  To facilitate this a series of pontoons will be built and starting next year the taxi and bus boats. Plans are afoot, or should I say afloat that will extend the service to the V&A museum at Dundee in a service that will run from Perth.

The Venice of the Tay

Currently an outfit called the Taymara Trust runs visitor boats for dolphin-watching trips as well as passenger services from Broughty Ferry to Perth.  Marine moorings specialist Gael Force have been brought in and they are set to build three pontoons that will be like those housing water bus and taxi services in Venice and London.   They will be at Fergusson Gallery, Willowgate and at Elcho Castle.

Exciting Opportunities

I love rivers and the sea and so I’m always excited by schemes that will allow more people to experience the joys of rivers and the sea. And I’m also excited by some of the offers currently on offer here at James Pirie. The end of line offers see some of the fine goods at something like a 66% reduction. By jings!

https://www.jamespirie.com/clearance-end-of-lines.html