- Grandtully rapids
Grandtully rapids on the
River Tay is a site for canoeing andrafting inScotland .Grandtully rapids is made of a top fall, the island (a large rock in the middle of the rapids where many canoeists not used to rapids often break their boats), and the bottom fall.
There is a nearby campsite, a converted train goods yard, owned by the
Scottish Canoe Association . The forestry commission have an access point a few miles upstream giving a good entry forWhitewater Racing . The banks of the river at the rapid site were owned by Lyle Estates (of Tate and Lyle) and are now owned by a former employee of that company who allows slalom gates to be kept permanently.The new
Jack Cuthill Building on the campsite, built in 2003, offers toilets, changing rooms, showers and a meeting room.
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