Pitlochry

Pitlochry is quite an attractive little town. We picked it to visit randomly when I came to Scotland with my family in 2002 and it turned out to be quite nice even though it's very touristy. Apparently it has more hotel beds per capita than anywhere else in Britain.

A nice looking church... it may have a name, but I don't know what that is. This is one of the few things I remember seeing last time I was here.

Pitlochry is right on the border of the highlands. Above is the view from the youth
hostel, which is up on the hill above the church.

Busking on Atholl Road in Pitlochry! There were two fiddle players there, both named Aaron, from the Edinburgh University Orchestra, which was on tour. They had some free time and were kind enough to let me join in the fun for about 45 minutes:-)
busking!

The River Tummel - looking up towards the dam from the suspension foot bridge.

Jim Malcolm performed at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, which is right on the river, across from the town. The venue is lovely, with all glass fronting looking out across the river and north towards the highlands. However, the crowd was quite possibly the worst ever. They were all old people on holiday in the town and didn't really have any appreciation for the music - they were just bored theatre goers that wanted to passively receive entertainment. That was disappointing, but Jim did his best despite that. He just would rather have been outside fishing;-)

On YouTube:
Westlin' Winds and Kincardine Lads

Jim and Susie were kind enough to invite me to lunch at their house in Perth the day after the concert. They have a quite lovely setup and they're both really wonderful, sweet people. Jim also gave me a very nice tour of the city that included the main historic attractions, high street, etc as well as his favorite fishing spot on the Tay. I'm really glad to have been able to spend time there and the two days in Pitlochry and Perth were the best I've had in Scotland so far. Thank you, Jim!