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Ugqirha wotyando osele esidla umhlala-phantsi uye wafumana iinkumbulo zakhe zokuvuka eSpeyside kuyo yonke iminyaka yomzabalazo..

UNorman Matheson uqhubekile wayonwabela impumelelo yezakhono njengogqirha wotyando e-Aberdeen, ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphantsi.

Nangona kunjalo njengenkwenkwana wayehlala kwindlu yasefama ephakathi kweTomintoul neGlenlivet.

Incwadi yakhe ye-e, Speyside Reminiscences, iqala ngendlela evuselelayo.

Uyabhala: “Ubomi benkwenkwana ngexesha lomzabalazo kwifama encinci eBanffshire ephezulu bunokujongeka bubunzima kakhulu.

“Ngexesha lezinto eziluncedo iitepu eyodwa ehambisa umsinga othandabuzayo wamanzi abandayo yayikuphela kwentuthuzelo..

“Kwakungekho manzi atshisayo, isitya sokuhlamba izandla, igumbi lokuhlambela okanye igumbi lokuhlambela.

“Ityotyombe langaphandle kwindawo ekufutshane, eyayisebenza njengendawo yokuhlambela ezi zilungele ukunyamezela umoya wayo, yayingeyongozi kwaphela.

“Ivumba elimnandi eliphuma kwintlaka egcadiweyo lilanga kumaplanga ayo aneqhina lenze lukhulu ukuchasana nevumba layo elingakholisi kangako..

“Kwaye izikhewu kwizahlulo zayo zivumele ingxelo yokucamngca ngayo nayiphi na into ejikelezileyo.

“Kungenjalo, iiwebhusayithi ezifihlakeleyo ngaphandle bebengaphandle ngokukhululekileyo ukuze bacalule okongeziweyo.”

Ngaphandle kwamandla ombane okanye nasiphi na isidalwa esinefashoni ubutofotofo, ubomi babunzima, ngakumbi njengoko bekukho umzabalazo.

UMnumzana Matheson uyaqhuba: “Kwiinyanga zasebusika, njengesiphumo sokunqongophala kwalo naluphi na unikezelo lokufudumala ngaphandle kwendawo yomlilo ye-peat, iichilblains zazingenakuphepheka.

“Nangona kunjalo ukurhawuzelelwa okungaxhaswayo bekucinezeleka kancinci kunentlungu yonyango olucetyiswayo..

“Isindululo yayikukubaleka ngeenyawo ngaphakathi kwekhephu, ingqukuva kwaye ijikeleze isitaki se-peat, kwade kwaphela ukuziva ezinzwaneni.

“Eli nyango libi lisenokuba lalingekho ngqiqweni, kwaye ndiqinisekile, yingozi.”

I-Speyside Reminiscences iyaqhubeka nokubalisa amabali amaninzi ukusuka ebukhwenkweni bukaMnu Matheson, kunye neenkumbulo zakhe zenani labalinganiswa abadlamkileyo ababehlala ekhaya.

Aba bamkela umgcini wezilwanyana u-Eck Elder kunye noCharlie Spalding abaqhube iveni yombhaki..

Nangona kunjalo, eyona ikhethekileyo kuzo zonke, yayinguWillie McGillivray, umncedisi wamanzi onobuchule obuchube kakhulu kwaye obahlukileyo.

Incwadi yokugqibela kaMnu Matheson ye-e, ityhilwe ngaphakathi 2019, yayinentshayelelo yoxabiso kaNkosana uCharles.

Umdali oneminyaka engama-88 ubudala ubengumlobi onenzondelelo ubomi bakhe bonke, ukutshintsha ibe eyaziwa kakuhle ukumisela nganye Spey kunye Dee.

I-Speyside Odyssey ibalisa ibali lobomi elibangel' umdla leSalmon yeAtlantiki kuba yenza enye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo zibalulekileyo., kwaye eyona yoyikiso, iihambo kwindalo.

Speyside Reminiscences, ngeli xesha, inentshayelelo kaDavid James, umongameli weFlyfishers ebalaseleyo’ Ubulungu.

Njengoko kwakunjalo ngaphambili, UMnu. Matheson ngokukhawuleza wanikezela ngayo yonke imizobo yakhe yombala wamanzi.

I-Speyside Reminiscences ityhilwa nguMatador.

Nganye kunye ne-A Speyside Odyssey inokufumaneka kwi-Troubador, Amatye amanzi, WH Smith, I-Ebook Folks, Blackwells, I-Hive kunye ne-Amazon.

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