Perth Regains Its City Status

[Arthur Little]

To be honest, I always thought that if a town had a cathedral, it was a city.

... that's always been MY understanding too.

Perth is one large county, not to have a city in it!

Perthshire ... referred to locally as 'The Big County'.

Perthshire evidently backs onto Aberdeenshire and I have tried that route but its not such an easy drive

Um ... not directly, no. It actually borders Angus ... the Aberdeenshire boundary being reached at the approximate point where the dual carriageway skirts Laurencekirk on the one side - and St Cyrus on the other.

However, I'm familiar with the B-road you mention - via the small town of Coupar Angus - as it's a route my son frequently uses in order to bypass Dundee. Mileage wise, it's shorter ... but - with its many twists and turns - takes much longer to navigate.