Perth Show organisers found their familiar furrow after two years away from the field due to the pandemic and pulled off a hugely successful event.
Secretary Neil Forbes, now in his 18th year of seeing the Perthshire agricultural event come together, said the South Inch was the place to be on Friday and Saturday.
“Numbers of livestock entries were high, as was the quality of the animals putting their best foot forward,” he explained. “I felt the judges did an excellent job.”
Thousands came through the gate to enjoy Saturday’s main day and Friday crowds for the equine classes were up on previous years.
He confirmed the public had given tremendous support to Perthshire ’s producers and breeders, charities and businesses.
Without a spot of rain the ground held up well.
Many of the food and drink marquee stallholders completely cleared their stock.
Dog owners were drawn to the canine gifts and services making a splash at one end of the site and agility course dogs certainly earned their treats.
City restaurants were hard-pressed to find covers on Saturday night for all the visitors seeking a meal after the arena closed.
A first foray into pig racing was also popular.
Thanks to generous show-goers Tayside and Strathearn Help for Ukraine (TASH4Ukraine) are on their way to getting a forklift truck to a warehouse in Ukraine where donations from Perthshire end up.
Purchasing the machine was essential, without it nothing can be moved around.
TASH4Ukraine bid for a forklift that came up at a Morris Leslie vehicle auction and paid £3500 plus VAT.
Show visitors were able to add their names to the bodywork and take a picture in return for a donation, raising £1500.
