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46 - Sunday, February 24, 1985 - North Shore News

Hooked om fishing?

Patience, money needed

i ; SUPPOSE that avid sport fishermen dream of
. fishing all the famous spots in the world, just as

golfers can’t resist chasing white balls where-

ever they go.

Now, what I know about
sport fishing was learned one
frosty. October day freezing
my frame while Brian did a
number on.16 dogfish.

I'll save the details of that
trip for when I think you

ree need a good Jaugh.- maybe .

the last: day. for fi ling your
1984 tax return.

It is sufficient to know that:
’ [have no expertise at hauling :

fish out of the water - it's
what. happens to them ‘after

to death in open boats so here
is a fish story.

fishing for. salmon. in
Scotland? -How does ‘the
> River Tweed tickle your, fan-
cy? It does? And do you have
, lots of patience - and lots of
H _ money? You'll necd it!
oe To enjoy the privilege of

' . dropping your. line’into-the +

+ Tweed, you must rent a beat.
n you if 1 tell you’ that the
: . waiting period before “you'd

courage ycu, last year’s price
’ to,rent a beat (large enough

clude “anything “by - way: of

room and board, eithers o. .,
‘We™ ‘broke ‘our. Bed and’”
BO Breakfast... ‘rule (when | we...

_ visited” “Kelso” ‘(Séottish
_ Borders): and ‘stayed’ at Ed-
nam’. House, a lovely “old
hotel ‘on the Tweed. Parts of-
the: hotel date back to 1761

a room with plumbing but
I'm told that the three best

parts of the hotel ¢ come under’
the: government” edict:,

up.to add loos.

‘The dinner at Ednam

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that “that ‘concerns me. But.
I’m told: that a number of:
people actually like freezing. -

Have you ever dreamed of |

1 hope it doesn’t: discourage .:.

oe / even have a hope is 15 years:
t And, if, that doesn't dis- |:

for six’ rods): “was:-£3,300' a.
week. That price: ‘doesn’t in- -

; when it.was a manor house. |.

fo For ‘the’ life of me:I-can't-:
remember the Overnight cost...

_ + but it wasn’t cheap."We had”

rooms in the hotel have none. ;;
The -reason..is.: that’ the ‘old:

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‘house was s worth, every cent

of the £8.25 per person.~ -itsa.
‘set’? meal with ‘a choice of -

several appetizers; soups,

. Main courses and a sweet or.
cheese board. The fare ‘was -

traditional Scottish - smoked
Waddock, ‘lamb. chops, etc.
‘and ‘the - ‘cheese board
‘featured several local cheeses:

- one.rolled in oatmeal and .

deliciotis.

Also in Kelso, he head for the’

fish and chip shop - just off.
the town square on the’ way”
‘to the twurist office. We paid
a pound for a big serving and
sat on a street bench just
across the way, sharing with.

A. friendly - little tabby . that

Just’ ‘happened to ‘be in: the
ntigkborhood.

‘nother reason for visiting .

the Scottisi; Borders is for the

_ woolen mills. Here, again, we

‘discovered that the ‘prices.

: were no bargain unless you, :
:-were looking for the exquisite -:
to. .quality that you'd’ pay $300.

for here. I love my kids but’

-Pm damned if Vil pay that
for their sweaters.

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~*Peter

Anyway, we took the local
bus from Kelso to Galashiels
- the only way to get: there
unless you rent a car (no
train). The locals gripe about
the bus service but we found
it adequate - the bus drivers
are a friendly Jot and more
than once kept us from. get-
ting turned around:’ We

‘visited a number of f mills and

mill shops:

*Abbey Mill .-:,.Moffat

weavers (about 5 miles from:

Galashiels) -
*Border Glen shop, on ‘High
St., on corner two doors up

from Woolworths - too
expensive
*Whillans - also on the main

Street, just by the big
Kingsway Entertainment
‘complex. Bought a couple of

- sweaters at fairly reasonable

prices
Anderson -
pretty high
*Keen Prices = cross the street
from Border Glen, it had the
best values and some of: the
nicest styles. 1 bought two
here for the girls..
And then, wouldn't ‘you
know it,-I got into a conver-
sation with a beautifully
dressed lady who told me
we'd come to the wrong town
- instead .of Galashiels we
should have gone to Hawick!
So, if you’ve got the time -
try ‘*Hoyk” as the locals Pro-

prices

‘pounce it. |
“While waiting for a bus to -

take us back to Edinburgh,
we stopped into the pub at
the Abbotsford Arms Hotel!
across the. street from the
depot. Here, a.wedding was

.in full swing and we-got to

share a table with some of ‘the
guests. aa
~ One of the guests was. ‘an-

enormous man - hands the“
‘size of. baseball mitts *.who’
_ spoke with the most peculiar

accent. A.’ cross . between

Polish and Lowland Scot, we - :

were told: “He'd been a Polish

" escapee from Europe in. WW

ql ‘and flew with the RAF.
‘We were just getting to the’

interesting parts of his story
“when his wife - a tiny Scottish -_

lady - hauled him off to toast,
the bride. Obviously, she'd

‘in either
_ persevered - juggling our bot-

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gotten in the way of ‘his
return to Poland and, in-
cidentally, done some
remarkable things with his
“English’’,

If you want a modern hotel
in Galashiels, the Abbotsford
Arms is £22, double, in-
cluding TV. and bathroom.
Didn't -try their Beef Tub
restaurant but am told it’s
worth a visit,

After a bus ride. back to

; ‘Edinburgh, we had one of the .
: best laughs of our entire'trip,

Have you -ever taken the
overnight sleeper from Edin-
burgh to London? There’s:a

couple of .them, departing :

around midnight, arriving
around seven in the morning.

We had first class rail
passes but in the interest of
saving money, we opted for a
second class sleeper - £11 per

person as compared with £16 °°

per person. Talk about
togetherness! When we got
our two bags and the two of
us into that cubicle it was im-
possible to do anything but
crawl] into the two’ tiny
berths..

it was impossible to sit up
berth but we

tle of rye, paper cups and
warm club soda. Brian,
struggling to get into the top

» berth, did a couple of turns

that an acrobat-would bé pro-

.ud of.

The moral of the story is if
you are over five foot two

and not in need of a good

laugh, pay ‘the £16.

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