Izinkumbulo ezihamba ngombhali ze-speyside boy

Udokotela ohlinzayo osewathatha umhlalaphansi uye wakhumbula ukuvuka kwakhe e-Speyside phakathi neminyaka yomzabalazo..

U-Norman Matheson uqhubekile nokujabulela impumelelo enamakhono njengodokotela ohlinzayo obonisanayo e-Aberdeen, ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi.

Kodwa-ke esengumfana wayehlala epulazini elincane phakathi kukaTomintoul noGlenlivet.

Incwadi yakhe ye-e, Speyside Reminiscences, iqala kumkhuba ovusa amadlingozi.

Uyabhala: “Ukuphila njengomfana kuwo wonke umzabalazo epulazini elincane e-Banffshire ephakeme kungase kubukeke sengathi kulukhuni kakhulu.

“Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi umpompi ohamba yedwa oletha amanzi abandayo wawuwukuphela kokunethezeka..

“Ayengekho amanzi ashisayo, isitsha sokugeza izandla, lavatory noma yokugezela.

“Umjondolo ongaphandle kweminyango endaweni eseduze, eyayisebenza njengendawo yokugezela yalaba elungele ukubekezelela umkhathi wayo, yayingenabungozi ngokuphelele.

“Iphunga elinamandla lenhlaka eshiswe yilanga emapulangweni ayo anefindo lenze lukhulu ukuze linqande iphunga layo elingathandeki kangako..

“Futhi izikhala ekuhlukaniseni kwayo zivumele isitatimende sokucabangela sanoma yikuphi ukuzivocavoca okuzungezile.

“Kungenjalo, amawebhusayithi ayimfihlo ngaphandle kade ephumile lapho ngokukhululeka ukuze uthole ukuqonda okwengeziwe.”

Ngaphandle kwamandla kagesi nanoma yisiphi isidalwa esinemfashini, ukuphila kwakunzima, ikakhulukazi njengoba bekunomzabalazo.

kuqhuba uMnu Matheson: “Phakathi nezinyanga zasebusika, ngenxa yokushoda kwanoma yikuphi ukunikezwa kokufudumala eceleni komlilo we-peat, ama-chilblains ayengenakugwenywa.

“Noma kunjalo ukulunywa okungasekelwe kwakudabukisa kakhulu kunobuhlungu bokwelashwa okululekwayo..

“Isincomo bekuwukugijima ungenalutho phakathi kweqhwa, eyindilinga futhi ezungeza isitaki se-peat, kwaze kwaphela ukuzwela ezinzwaneni.

“Leli khambi elibi kungenzeka ukuthi lalingenangqondo ngokwedlulele, futhi ngiqinisekile, elimazayo.”

I-Speyside Reminiscences iyaqhubeka nokulandisa izinganekwane eziningi kusukela esemncane kaMnu Matheson, kanye nezinkumbulo zakhe zenani labalingiswa abadlangile ababehlala ekhaya.

Laba bahlanganisa umgcini wezilwane u-Eck Elder noCharlie Spalding abashayela iveni yombhaki..

Nokho, eyingqayizivele kunazo zonke, kwakunguWillie McGillivray, umsizi wesikhonzi senkantolo wamanzi owayenobuciko obuvundile kakhulu futhi obuhlukile.

Incwadi yokugcina kaMnu Matheson, kwembulwe ku 2019, yayiqukethe isandulela sokwazisa sikaNkosana uCharles.

Umdali oneminyaka engama-88 ubelokhu engumdobi oshisekayo impilo yakhe yonke, ukushintsha ibe eyaziwa kahle ukunquma ngayinye Spey kanye Dee.

I-Speyside Odyssey ilandisa ngendaba yokuphila ethakazelisayo ye-Atlantic Salmon ngoba yenza enye yezinto ezibalulekile ezibalulekile., futhi ezisongela kakhulu, uhambo emvelweni.

Speyside Reminiscences, okwamanje, inesandulelo sikaDavid James, umongameli weFlyfishers ehloniphekile’ Ubulungu.

Njengokwandulelayo, UMnu. Matheson usephinde wanikeza yonke imifanekiso yakhe yombala wamanzi.

I-Speyside Reminiscences yembulwa nguMatador.

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