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Rejuvenation of Perth city centre goes up another gear after new e-bike tour store opens

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Despite the easing of COVID rules Perth city centre is still reeling from months of closures and restrictions.In a series of special reports, we look at how the Fair City’s retail and hospitality sector is recovering from the impact of the pandemic and what the future holds for our high street... The rejuvenation of Perth city centre has gone up another gear after a new e-bike tour store opened to the public over the weekend.

Owner Terry Arnott has been hard at work to finally launch his Highland Bike Tours shop on St John Street having been on the lookout for the perfect unit over the past two years.

Taking inspiration from his time taking locals and tourists out and about in the Netherlands, Terry is offering e-bike routes which go as far and wide as Pitlochry, Loch Leven and Crieff - all of which he will lead himself.

Terry moved to Perth at the end of 2019 to open a store before the first COVID lockdown struck. But now that he is up and running, he hopes that his venture can help locals and visitors experience “the real” Perth and Kinross. ”The original idea came about when I was still living in Holland,” he said.”I have done guided tours over in Holland which are very easy because everyone over there cycles anyway.”I was based in Eindhoven and cycled over to the Belgian border for example.”My family are also from Eindhoven and I have lived and worked all over the country and spent half my life there.”My mum is Dutch and my father is Scottish so I am dual national.“I have grown up in both countries and I am bilingual, so I can do the tours in Dutch and in English!” He added: “My father is also originally from Perth, which actually pure coincidence because he was in the Royal Navy and we travelled all over the world.

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