Blairgowrie Holiday Park

Perthshire is pretty perfect: ‘Big Tree Country’ has ancient forests and woodlands, the tallest hedge in the world and waterfalls that inspired Robbie Burns. There’s also gliding at Glenshee, whisky distilleries, mountains and lochs to meander around, red deer and squirrels to spot, old castles to see and salmon to land…and then Perth or Dundee to get citified in. Better book for a couple of weeks. Blairgowrie and the surrounding area has championship golf courses within five miles: Alyth, Glenisla and Strathmore as well as the famed Rosemount & Lansdowne courses at Blairgowrie Golf Club, voted among the top hundred courses in the world. St Andrews' Links are 45 minutes’ drive away. Blairgowrie also has the River Ericht flowing through the town for salmon and trout fishing, or you could cast off for the same on the River Ardle at Blairgowrie’s sister site Corriefodly or the Isle and Blackwater rivers. There are several hill lochs in the Glen Shee area yielding brown trout, with boat and rod hire available. Fishing permits are available in Blairgowrie town centre; ask the park staff to point you in the right direction.