Xusuusta guurguura ee qoraaga ee caruurnimadii Speyside

Dhakhtar qalliin oo hawlgab ah ayaa xasuustiisa daaha ka qaaday inuu ka kacay Speyside sannadihii halganka oo dhan.

Norman Matheson wuxuu sii waday inuu ku raaxaysto guusha xirfadeed isagoo ah dhakhtar la-talin ah oo ku sugan Aberdeen, ka hor inta aanad hawlgab qaadan.

Si kastaba ha ahaatee isaga oo wiil ah wuxuu ku noolaa guri beereedka Spartan oo u dhexeeya Tomintoul iyo Glenlivet.

Buuggiisa e, Xusuusta Speyside, wuxuu ku bilaabmaa isbeddel qiiro leh.

Wuu qoray: “Nolosha wiil ahaan intii lagu jiray halganka beer yar oo ku taal Banffshire sare waxay u ekaan kartaa mid aad u daran.

“Muddadii tas-hiilaadka, tuubada kelida ah oo keenaysa qulqul biyo qabow ah ayaa ahayd raaxada keliya.

“Ma jirin biyo kulul, weelka gacanta lagu dhaqo, musqulaha ama musqusha.

“Albaabka ka baxsan waxay ku yaalliin meel u dhow edbinta, kuwaas oo u adeegay sidii musqul kuwan diyaar u ah inay u dulqaataan jawigeeda, gebi ahaanba ma ahayn wax xun.

“Udgoon adag oo ka soo baxa xabagta cadceeddu dubatay ee ku dhex jira looxyada gunta ah ayaa wax badan ka qabtay in ay iska celiso urkeeda aan aadka loo jeclayn..

“Iyo nusqaamaha qaybaheeda ayaa oggolaaday bayaan ka fiirsasho jimicsi kasta oo ku xeeran.

“Haddii kale, mareegaha qarsoon en plein hawada ayaa si xor ah halkaas ugu joogay caqli-gal dheeri ah.”

Iyada oo aan lahayn tamar koronto ama mid ka mid ah raaxada noolaha casriga ah, noloshu waxay ahayd mid adag, gaar ahaan maadaama uu halgan ku jiray.

Mr Matheson oo hadalkiisa sii wata: “Ilaa bilaha jiilaalka, iyada oo ay sabab u tahay yaraanta wax kasta oo diirimaad ah marka laga reebo goobta dabka lagu shido, chilblains waxay ahaayeen lama huraan.

“Nevertheless the insupportable itch was much less distressing than the agony of the advisable therapy.

“The recommendation was to run bare-foot within the snow, spherical and around the peat stack, till all sensation within the toes had gone.

“This wretched remedy may hardly have been extra irrational, and I am certain, detrimental.”

Speyside Reminiscences goes on to narrate many tales from Mr Matheson’s boyhood, together with his recollections of a number of extremely vibrant characters who lived domestically.

These embrace the gamekeeper Eck Elder and Charlie Spalding who drove the baker’s van.

Si kastaba ha ahaatee, most exceptional of all, was Willie McGillivray, a water bailiff who possessed a extremely fertile and distinctive creativeness.

Buuga ugu dambeeya ee Mr Matheson, ayaa shaaca ka qaaday 2019, waxaa ku jiray ereyo mahadnaq ah oo uu leeyahay Amiir Charles.

Abuuraha oo 88 jir ah waxa uu ahaa kalluumaysato aad u xiiseeya noloshiisa oo dhan, u beddelashada go'aamin si fiican loo yaqaan oo ku saabsan Spey iyo Dee.

Speyside Odyssey waxay la xiriirtaa sheekada nolosha ee xiisaha leh ee Salmon Atlantic sababtoo ah waxay qabataa mid ka mid ah kuwa ugu muhiimsan, iyo hanjabaadda ugu badan, safarrada dabiiciga ah.

Xusuusta Speyside, inta lagu guda jiro, ayaa horudhac u leh David James, madaxweynaha caanka ah ee Flyfishers’ Xubinimada.

Sida kii ka horeeyey, Mr Matheson waxa uu islamarkiiba soo bandhigay dhamaan sawirada midabka biyaha gaarka ah.

Speyside Reminiscences is revealed by Matador.

Each it and A Speyside Odyssey can be found from Troubador, Waterstones, WH Smith, The Ebook Folks, Blackwells, Hive and Amazon.

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