Grandtully Station Park, Paddle Scotland's multi purpose site adjacent to the River Tay, reopened last week. It had been closed for the past year to undergo an extensive redevelopment project.

I’ll start my quick virtual site tour with a building which is very familiar to paddlers at Grandtully. The ‘Green Building’ is an original building which has been serving both day visitors and overnight campers for many years. Other than the shiny new solar panels on the roof it may appear outwardly very much as it has always appeared, however internally this building has been given a full refurbishment. One of the key things requested by Paddle Scotland members at Grandtully is a separate building for day use versus people camping. The new facilities in the Green Building which is out with the campsite will now be almost exclusively for the use of day visitors and will be available for paddlers, walkers, cyclists and other visitors daily. The building now has 5 toilets (including 2 accessible, 1 with baby changing facilities), 5 showers and 6 changing rooms, all with underfloor heating and a modern ventilation and heat recovery system making a very comfortable place to change, warm up and freshen up after a day's paddling.

The next stop on my virtual tour is the building we are referring to as the 'Training Building'. If you are running a session, class or workshop at Grandtully and need a space to gather after or before heading onto the water you can arrange use of the Training Building. The building has been specifically designed to incorporate a "wet classroom" which we hope will be invaluable for water-based courses and groups. This space is a cosy place to dry off and review following sessions, or a place to gather and plan before getting on the water, all year round. The building has been designed to include a drying room which we see being extremely useful to users.

The last stop on my quick virtual tour is the building at the far end of the site. It’s another brand-new building and this one is only accessible to campsite guests which will keep the Green Building facilities clear for paddlers and other daytime site users. We are calling this the 'Campsite Building' and it has been designed on two levels, the upper level serves the tent pitches and the lower serves the campervan and caravan pitches. The building has 14 self-contained showers and toilets with sinks, 4 of which are fully accessible plus a Changing Places Toilet which includes a shower. Again this building is kept cosy with underfloor heating and a modern ventilation and heat recovery system. A new wastewater processing facility will take the wastewater from this building and turn it into freshwater here on site, helping to lessen our impact on the environment and waterways.

We are thrilled to finally be open again and we cannot wait to welcome you all back this summer.